As land values in the area continue to decline, the city is facing difficulty in funding the costly demolition of these abandoned hotels. Although the Japan Tourism Agency provides financial ...

or abandoned houses, are more prominent than ever in Japan’s cultural landscape. Foreign interest in the country’s empty dwellings has never been higher, and it is only likely to grow along ...

KOBE--The once-glorious Maya Kanko Hotel, abandoned and rotting away on its ... The Art Deco-style structure, dubbed Japan's "Queen of Ruins," will be designated a tangible cultural property ...

The fraud group in the Philippines believed to be behind violent robberies in Japan operated in an abandoned hotel in Manila, which local authorities uncovered in November 2019. That led to 36 ...