TOKYO -- There were 646,800 vacant homes across the 23 wards of central Tokyo last year, the highest number in data going back to 1958, according to an Interior Ministry survey published Wednesday.
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Tokyo housing vacancies rise with record 646,800 empty homes
Growing crisis fuels government push to fill unoccupied residences
The percentage of vacant homes remains high in major cities across Japan. (Photo by Satsuki Kaneko)
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