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Re:A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs by notahacker on Monday August 24, 2015 @03:18PM (#10112351)
Aren't the homes likely to be even less attractive to foreigners [normally eligible for Japanese visas] than to the Japanese people that have abandoned them?
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Re:A Sprawl of Ghost Homes in Aging Tokyo Suburbs by stcredzero on Monday August 24, 2015 @03:22PM (#10112370)
Aren't the homes likely to be even less attractive to foreigners

Hence the proposal to market them to non-mainstream foreigners, like artists looking for inexpensive retreats.

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