> To begin with houses in Japan are usually not built to last because typhoons, earthquakes, fires and mud slides have historically destroyed them in the course

> To begin with houses in Japan are usually not built to last because typhoons, earthquakes, fires and mud slides have historically destroyed them in the course of a few decades. other reasons that resale homes are not very good business in Japan: - Japanese believe it's not clean to buy a home others lived in before, they obsess over ultra-modern brand-new places the same way Apple fans like their newest gadget. - houses fully depreciate in 2-3 decades - ghosts (this is not a joke. it includes the believe that the house isn't just an object but has a "soul" (this believe extends to cars and other inanimate objects)) See also https://holdblog.com/resale-homes-are-not-a-good-business-in-japan/ https://holdblog.com/resale-homes-are-not-a-good-business-in...