TOKYO/KAMINOYAMA, Japan -- As abandoned homes and land multiply like mushrooms nationwide, Japanese policymakers seek to scale up a potential solution that has shown promise at the local level.
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Japan's abandoned homes to undergo bigger effort for new lease on life
Government panel recommends scaling up land banks nationwide
Vacant property is a burden on parts of Japan beset by population decline, such as former coal boomtown Yubari in Hokkaido.
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