A fantastic resource for understanding this weird market is the "Buying a House in Japan" playlist on this youtube channel [1] He goes through lots of this wei

A fantastic resource for understanding this weird market is the "Buying a House in Japan" playlist on this youtube channel [1] He goes through lots of this weirdness in the Japanese market as he looks to buy and restore an older home. I suspect there's a "let's boost GDP with more construction" problem in Japan. It's resulted in lots of fantastic infrastructure, but also bizarre half-formed highways, unfinished bridges, paved over rivers and other things built way out in the countryside. [2] 1 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE0D149A2A50898A3 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLE0D149A2A50898A3 2 - http://regex.info/blog/2007-03-25/403 http://regex.info/blog/2007-03-25/403