>Maybe don't buy property as an investment, but if someone actually wants to live in Japan, finds a nice bit of land, and can affordably build a nice place for

>Maybe don't buy property as an investment, but if someone actually wants to live in Japan, finds a nice bit of land, and can affordably build a nice place for themself in a small town or countryside I doubt the declining population is going to make them think twice. Im going that extra bit here. You dont want to own even in non-investment purposes. You propose some solitude life, but that will be a rather bad decision as people will tend to move into the cities because of affordable housing.