After nearly a year renovating their house, watch as Jenna Phipps and Nick replace the windows in their abandoned home.

Tucked away in Japan’s countryside, millions of abandoned homes – known as akiya – sit empty, waiting for a second life. With ...

"Homes in this neighborhood go for between $400,000 to $600,000 now, and we've spent much more than that on this renovation," Miranda Suman told Newsweek.

When crews arrived approximately seven minutes later, they found an abandoned house mostly collapsed after significant fire damage.

These fires in old buildings put firefighters in danger along with the general public. These fires pose such imminent danger that the city passed an ordinance.