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  "id": 16576745,
  "title": "Too Many Owners Complicate Japan's Abandoned Housing Crisis",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/too-many-owners-complicate-japans-abandoned-housing-crisis",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T08:07:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "News On Japan",
    "slug": "news-on-japan",
    "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/151142.php"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Japan's growing number of abandoned homes is creating serious safety hazards for residents and leaving local governments struggling to respond, with some properties having dozens of legal owners and authorities reluctant to spend public money on demolitions when recovering the costs may prove impossible. (News On Japan)",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}