Summary:
Houses in small towns in Japan are given away for free. Japan is now facing an unusual property problem – more homes than people to live in them. According to statistics, in 2013, there were a total of 61m houses and 52m households in Japan. The aging society is going to make the situation worse.
Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:
Prefecture n. – a district under the authority of a prefect or governor.
- Tokyo prefecture is the second largest single metropolitan area in the world behind New York.
Household n. – a house and its occupants regarded as a unit.
- The average number of people per household in Taiwan is 3.07.
Next summary:
Embetsu agricultural high school in northern Hokkaido avoided being shut down by reviving the school’s sheep farming and lamb products that is now considered a souvenir / local specialty.
Vocabulary and Sample Sentences:
Sth is at stake idiom. – something is being risked and may be lost or damaged.
- The school’s survival was at stake if it wasn’t for the great lamb products they produced.
Breeding n. The mating and production of offspring by animals.
- The Embetsu high school was responsible for the breeding of Suffolk sheep.