Look inside: 24-year-old American pays just $238 to rent her apartment in the Japanese countryside

One of the perks of Smith's job was that her employer was able to secure her an apartment before she even got to Japan. It's ...

24-year-old American lives on $1,700 a month in the Japanese countryside, pays $238 in rent: 'Things are a lot cheaper out here'

One of the perks of Smith's job was that her employer was able to secure her an apartment before she even got to Japan. It's a one-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment with a balcony that rents for 35,000 ...
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She fell in love with traditional Japanese homes during a high school trip. At 24, she bought one in the countryside.

Coline Aguirre bought a traditional house in the Japanese countryside when she was 24. She left France and moved to Japan alone to restore the property and start her own real-estate consultancy. "It's ...
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Fancy a move to the countryside? Japan seeks to curb rural exodus

Reviving Japan's countryside is a topic that's close to the heart of Shigeru Ishiba, the country's outgoing prime minister. Ishiba hails from a remote part of Japan and owes his political career to ...
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A couple transformed an 150-year-old abandoned farmhouse in rural Japan into an Airbnb. Here's how they built their country homestead.

Byron and Kaori Nagy have fully renovated a 150-year-old unoccupied farmhouse an hour outside Tokyo. Byron, who's originally from New Jersey, also created a farm on land nearby. They've also spent ...