Kowloon Walled City was a lawless crime-ridden den rife that became the epicentre of opioid production in the heart of ...

Japan's glut of abandoned homes — or akiya — has hit ... to entice residents to move from urban areas back to rural towns. Foreigners have jumped on the deals, snagging large properties ...

Nearly nine million homes remain abandoned, even in Tokyo, where officials on bikes keep an eye on empty buildings so they ...

JTB and Airbnb Japan have agreed to work together for reuse of abandoned houses to receive travelers in local regions, having ...

However, it was during the pandemic that the couple first learned about akiya, or abandoned houses, in Japan. Due to the shrinking population and internal migration toward cities, there are ...

Dreamland is a theme park located in Nara, Japan which opened in 1961 ... the newer attraction and was eventually closed and left abandoned in 2006. Many of the props, rides and games were ...

The Japanese island of Hashima was closed in 1974 and fell into disrepair, but since the 2000s, it has been reborn as a ...