TOKYO -- As Japan's population ages rapidly, a record 13.6% of housing stands empty nationwide while developers shrug off flat demand and continue their building spree.
A record-breaking 8.46 million residences were unoccupied in 2018, according to a twice-a-decade housing survey released Friday by the central government. The number has grown by 260,000 since the last survey in 2013.
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