When foreign or domestic buyers approach Japan’s countryside housing market, they almost always ask the same question: Why do I need to pay upfront?
Why Japanese Real Estate Service Fees Are Necessary for Buyers
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Strategy
Japan Business Closures Reveal Deeper Crisis Than Demographics
Japan business closures have surged, not only in rural towns but also in bustling city corners.
Geothermal Energy in Japan Can Power AI & Develop Rural Regions
Japan’s artificial intelligence ambitions will fail unless the country reforms its power strategy. At Akiyaz, we see this clearly: rural towns overflowing with potential but starved of energy and digital infrastructure. As Paul J. Ashton recently argued, AI doesn’t...
Rural Development in Japan Needs Future Thinking, Not False Nostalgia
When people talk about Japan’s shrinking countryside, they often reach for one phrase: rural revitalization.
Public-Private Toleration, Vacant Properties, and Rural Development
In Japan’s countryside, public-private toleration is the new frontier of rural development.
Japan Consumption Tax Debate & Rural Revitalization Strategies
Japan’s consumption tax has been politically sacrosanct since its 1989 introduction to temper asset-price speculation.
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