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Liang Po Po declares that he will not shy away from making the tough decision to bring in more foreigners. Coolie gene Sinkies can fuck off

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That's not a tough decision. On the contrary, that's the easy, convenient decision.

Once you understand that the PAP regime is not some benevolent parent figure who looks out for your best interests, or some generous jolly Santa who brings you gifts all the time, you will understand.

You are nothing more than a resource to be exploited by them. They genuinely hate and despise you. :wink:
 

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Across Japan, millions of houses sit empty – a record near 9 million by recent estimates.

Some of these are holiday homes, some may be rentals that have sat empty long-term, but more than one-third of them – 3.8 million to be exact – are abandoned houses, called akiya.

Last week, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications published a report on the number of empty houses in the country, as of October 2023. This data was last published in 2018.

Overall, the number of vacant houses in Japan rose to 8.99 million, or 13.8 percent of homes in the country. This is up 0.2 percentage points from 2018. Akiya make up 5.9 percent of all homes in Japan, the highest number on record, up 30 basis points from the 2018 survey.

Akiya, made up of the word aki, meaning empty and ya, meaning house, are found mostly in rural areas and have become a sign of Japan’s changing demographics.

The rise in abandoned houses is commonly attributed to Japan’s ageing population. Almost a third of Japan’s people are aged over 65 and the World Economic Forum has recognised the country as having the world’s oldest population.
 

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On the Radar: Japan's abandoned houses​




8 MAY 2024
Across Japan, millions of houses sit empty – a record near 9 million by recent estimates.
Some of these are holiday homes, some may be rentals that have sat empty long-term, but more than one-third of them – 3.8 million to be exact – are abandoned houses, called akiya.

Last week, Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications published a report on the number of empty houses in the country, as of October 2023. This data was last published in 2018.

Overall, the number of vacant houses in Japan rose to 8.99 million, or 13.8 percent of homes in the country. This is up 0.2 percentage points from 2018. Akiya make up 5.9 percent of all homes in Japan, the highest number on record, up 30 basis points from the 2018 survey.

Akiya, made up of the word aki, meaning empty and ya, meaning house, are found mostly in rural areas and have become a sign of Japan’s changing demographics.
The rise in abandoned houses is commonly attributed to Japan’s ageing population. Almost a third of Japan’s people are aged over 65 and the World Economic Forum has recognised the country as having the world’s oldest population.

This ageing population feeds into rural depopulation. More and more, younger generations are moving to urban areas. Those who remain tend to belong to older generations, and as they die or move into retirement homes, they leave behind their houses with no one nearby to move in.
That’s not to say akiya don’t have owners: about 59 percent of these homes are inherited properties.

But for those inheriting properties, particularly in outlying areas, there’s often a large cost attached to them – many akiya need decent renovations or upkeep to bring them up to building standards. On top of that, due to Japan’s property taxes, it’s usually cheaper to own land with an abandoned building on it, than it is to own an empty lot.

Efforts are underway to address the housing issue. For some, that means fixing up the houses – particularly traditional ones – to rent them out as unique accommodation for tourists. For others, that might mean selling houses to foreigners looking to live in rural Japan.
 

k1976

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That's not a tough decision. On the contrary, that's the easy, convenient decision.

Once you understand that the PAP regime is not some benevolent parent figure who looks out for your best interests, or some generous jolly Santa who brings you gifts all the time, you will understand.

You are nothing more than a resource to be exploited by them. They genuinely hate and despise you. :wink:
Cannot be.. it ish sinki who too depends on Good Gov and take things for granted
 

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See above k1976 this pap dog spouting nonsense defending foreigners influx into singapore.
 
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