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Unclaimed land in Japan reaches size of Denmark

With the nation ageing and more people dying each year, the problem looks set to get worse

Published Thu, Nov 30, 2017 · 09:50 PM

Tokyo

IN JAPAN'S declining regions, land gets abandoned. The ownership of about 11 per cent of Japan's landmass is now unclear, with the current owners unable to be contacted, or unknown.

That's about 41,000 sq km, which is equivalent to the size of Japan's south-western island of Kyushu, or almost as large as Denmark.

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Singapore office rents in central region fall 1.7 per cent in Q1 after rising for 9 quarters

Singapore retail rents slip 0.4% in Q1 as vacancy rates creep up

Country Garden plans to present debt revamp plan in H2, sources say

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