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Re:The American Who Manages the Decline of a Japanese Hamlet by petercooper on Saturday December 12, 2009 @12:59PM (#991758)
It makes excellent sense to the prefecture: they have the property whether someone is living in it or not.

Is it common/standard for rural housing to be owned by the state in Japan? In the United Kingdom, at least, such property would be trading at sky high prices thanks to prospectors and overcrowding.. :-)

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Re:The American Who Manages the Decline of a Japanese Hamlet by Daniel_Newby on Saturday December 12, 2009 @03:52PM (#991944)
Much Japanese property was trading at sky high prices during their property bubble.
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