Cheap rent? Try Japan’s haunted houses

Comedian Tanishi Matsubara has an unusual system for renting cheaply in Osaka - he seeks out ’stigmatised property’: places in which the previous inhabitant has died. In Japan, the belief that such properties are haunted has even led to a law which means potential tenants must be informed Subscribe to Guardian Culture ► Support the Guardian ► Today in Focus podcast ► The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► Guardian News ► Owen Jones talks ► Guardian Football ► Guardian Sport ►