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A Gen X couple bought an abandoned house in Japan for $23,000. They're restoring it as part of their retirement plan.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Deborah and Jason Brawn bought an abandoned house in rural Japan for about $23,000 in 2023. The Australian couple plan to restore ...
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He bought a ski house in Japan for $6,000. He says people shouldn't buy them just because they're cheap.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Matt Guy moved to Japan in 2023 and bought a traditional house in a ski town for $6,000. He lives in the two-story house — that ...
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In Japan, Designers Fit Big Ideas Into Tiny Homes

Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car. From left, Takina Shimura and his parents, Tomoko Shimura and Yoshiki Shimura, in their compact house in Zushi, Japan, a ...
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Founder of Japan House Shozo Sato dies at 91

Shozo Sato, founder of Japan House and professor emeritus, has died at 91, Japan House announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday. Sato arrived at the University as an artist-in-residence at the Krannert ...
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She fell in love with traditional Japanese homes during a high school trip. At 24, she bought one in the countryside.

Coline Aguirre bought a traditional house in the Japanese countryside when she was 24. She left France and moved to Japan alone to restore the property and start her own real-estate consultancy. "It's ...