You can probably name some of the abandoned cities of the past, like Pompei or Babylon, that were destroyed by natural ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

While other countries have ghost towns, Japan has a whole ghost island! Hashima Island is located nine miles off the coast of Nagasaki. The island was developed by the Mitsubishi company in the ...