Tokyo housing vacancies rise with record 646,800 empty homes

The effects of an aging and shrinking population?

"There were 646,800 vacant homes across the 23 wards of central Tokyo last year, the highest number in data going back to 1958, according to an Interior Ministry survey published Wednesday.

The ministry surveys Japan's housing stock every five years. The 2023 survey put the percentage of vacancies in central Tokyo at 10.9%, up from 10.4% in 2018. ..."

Tokyo housing vacancies rise with record 646,800 empty homes - Nikkei Asia "Growing crisis fuels government push to fill unoccupied residences"