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How an Aging Japan Is Reshaping Its Real Estate Market
Japan is aging faster than almost any country on Earth, and its real estate market is feeling it in surprising ways. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how shrinking and graying populations are turning once-thriving residential neighborhoods into ghost towns, while pushing demand toward compact urban apartments and senior-friendly housing. They dig into the economics of abandoned homes—known as akiya—and the government's efforts to lure younger buyers, including tax incentives and even a platform listing thousands of cheap properties. They also look at the broader implications: how…
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