Japan’s ‘death-tainted’ homes gain appeal as property prices soar
It’s early summer in Chiba, near Tokyo, Japan, and a young man is hard at work scraping a thick, oily substance off the kitchen floor of a house.
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It’s early summer in Chiba, near Tokyo, Japan, and a young man is hard at work scraping a thick, oily substance off the kitchen floor of a house.
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