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Millions of ghost homes sit empty in Japan You can snag one for as little as $550

Article content Cities such as Tochigi and Nagano have “akiya banks” — websites that are developed by municipal governments and list abandoned homes. According to Insider, some of the akiyas are available for as little as 50,000 yen or C$549.  Making it even easier for people to get their hands on a vacant or “ghost home,” the town of Okutama (located in western Tokyo) is offering aging buildings for free, reported Nikkei.  While the free buildings have deteriorated too much to be considered habitable, new owners of the properties have found innovative ways to repurpose them, renovating them into restaurants and ateliers. 

Japan bullet train driver leaves controls for bathroom break as train speeds at 150 km/h with 160 aboard

Japan bullet train driver leaves controls for bathroom break as train speeds at 150 km/h with 160 aboard National Post Staff © Provided by National Post A Kyushu Railway Co. 800 series Shinkansen bullet train arrives at Kurume Station in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016. A Japanese bullet train driver is facing disciplinary action after he left the crew compartment of the train travelling at 150 km/h with 160 passengers inside to use the bathroom. The shikansen driver asked a conductor to sit in his place while he went to relieve a stomach ache, according to Kyodo News Agency. The conductor, who was not qualified to drive the train, sat in the compartment for three minutes and never touched the controls.

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