Have you heard the one about Japan's ghost cities (and stashes of cash)?

I used to (and still do) love the stories on China's 'Ghost Cities' and why we are all doomed.

Even though we haven't been and aren't. :-D

Well now, over to Japan.

The Nikkei reports:

• 8.46 million residences were unoccupied in 2018 (13.6% of housing empty nationwide)

Nikkei citing a government housing survey released last Friday. The survey is twice a decade.

More:

• the number has grown by 260,000 since the last survey in 2013
• Secret stashes of cash are often discovered when those houses are taken down

Here is the link for more. Not a cheerful story though.

Still, if you want a cheap house, and maybe the chance of a cash windfall, here you go ….