Moeka Iida

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279 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 22 Jul

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The Intelligence from The Economist · Kyiv brawl: Ukraine’s top general fired · 22 Jul 2026 podcast

So any form of death that deviates from the norm, like a murder or a suicide, or when someone goes unmourned, like the lady who used to live in the house that I visited, it's seen as a source of bad luck.

It's seen in a very negative way.

And a lot of tenants

Are reluctant to live in these houses.

So that's why these houses lose value.

And the level of the discount depends on the level of grimness of the previous.

be priced anywhere between ten percent or fifty percent below their normal value.

In the case of natural deaths, it tends to be around ten percent.

But especially for murder, the discount can go as much as fifty percent.

And these discounts exist in other markets as well.

So for instance in Hong Kong, a murder can kill a price by a third.

But I would say Japan has a very unique culture around them as well.

How do things differ in Japan?

Japan has an unusually elaborate culture around them.

So, for instance, there's a popular website run by a man called Oshima Tero here.

It basically includes a map of Japan and it shows all the Jikobuken all across the country.

It flags these properties with a fire icon and has a brief description of the nature of the death.

And there's even YouTubers who visit.

Visit these houses just to look for scares.

And I would say that Japan is a country where most people identify as non-religious, and they would also say that they don't believe in an afterlife.

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