The number of vacant houses in Japan has topped nine million. Government figures released on Tuesday show the number of empty houses, as of October 2023, was up by more than half a million since ...

Wyoming ranches surrounded by national forest and not a neighbor for miles; a treehouse-like retreat nestled in the mountains of Japan; and an English country mansion with a little James Bond ...

Originally constructed in 1929, the two-story, 5,183-square-metre stone and brick mansion was initially built as the Prime Minister's office. Its Art Deco design symbolised Japan's transition to ...