vacancy rate of dwellings stood at 13.6 percent.
In 1978, there were close to 2.7 million unoccupied dwellings in Japan. This number increased to almost 8.5 million vacant dwellings in 2018. That year, the Number of unoccupied dwellings in Japan from 1978 to 2018 (in millions)
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Statistics Bureau of Japan. (September 30, 2019). Number of unoccupied dwellings in Japan from 1978 to 2018 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/667179/japan-number-of-vacant-dwellings/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of unoccupied dwellings in Japan from 1978 to 2018 (in millions)." Chart. September 30, 2019. Statista. Accessed June 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/667179/japan-number-of-vacant-dwellings/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. (2019). Number of unoccupied dwellings in Japan from 1978 to 2018 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/667179/japan-number-of-vacant-dwellings/
Statistics Bureau of Japan. "Number of Unoccupied Dwellings in Japan from 1978 to 2018 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/667179/japan-number-of-vacant-dwellings/
Statistics Bureau of Japan, Number of unoccupied dwellings in Japan from 1978 to 2018 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/667179/japan-number-of-vacant-dwellings/ (last visited June 06, 2024)
Number of unoccupied dwellings in Japan from 1978 to 2018 (in millions) [Graph], Statistics Bureau of Japan, September 30, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/667179/japan-number-of-vacant-dwellings/