Japan is giving away homes or selling them at heavily discounted prices amid a growing number of abandoned properties.

由于废弃的房产越来越多，日本正将这些房产免费赠送，或以极其低廉的价格出售。

The country has an estimated 10 million empty homes, and its 'Akiya' scheme is designed to address this problem while helping young families to get into the property market.

据估计，日本目前大??约有1000万套废弃房产，因此发起了名为Akiya的项目，以解决这一问题，同时帮助年轻家庭购置房产。

Some local governments are also handing out subsidies to new homeowners for renovation projects.

一些地方政府还将为新业主翻修房屋提供补贴。

'Akiya' means 'vacant' or 'abandoned' in Japanese. Properties up for grabs tend to be in rural areas which have seen an exodus of young people heading for the city.

在日语中，Akiya的意思是“空置的”或“废弃的”。这些废弃房产大多位于农村地区，大批年轻人已经离开这些地区，去城市生活。

Japanese superstition also makes it tougher to sell old homes because buildings associated with the likes of suicide, murder, or 'lonely deaths' are considered unlucky.

日本的迷信传统也使空置与废弃的房产更难售出，因为这些房产往往与自杀、谋杀、或者“孤独死”有关，在日本，这种房产被认为是不吉利的。

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