If you’re hoping to redesign your garden this year but space is limited, it’s worth taking a look at some small Japanese ...

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With property prices often shockingly low, these forgotten houses ...

But Japanese demographics are working against ... But this approach is difficult for small houses in rural areas because their appraisal values are so low. The government has long stuck to its ...