{"id":3084,"date":"2009-04-15T13:09:21","date_gmt":"2009-04-15T04:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/?p=3084"},"modified":"2009-04-15T13:09:21","modified_gmt":"2009-04-15T04:09:21","slug":"ex-school-sites-are-on-sale-for-the-first-time-in-japans-internet-auction-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiajin.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/ex-school-sites-are-on-sale-for-the-first-time-in-japans-internet-auction-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-school Sites Are On Sale For The First Time In Japan’s Internet Auction History"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA rural town located on the south coast of Hokkaido Island, Niikappu<\/a>, put four of the town’s unused municipal elementary school sites on\u00a0sale on Yahoo Auction[J]<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sites consist of school buildings, swimming pools and teachers’ dormitories.\u00a0\u00a0 The bid started in the USD21M to USD67M\u00a0price range.
\nBecause of the declining number of applicants for schools due to the low birthrate, the town government was forced to close seven elementary schools\u00a0last spring.\u00a0\u00a0 The government has been trying to sell all unused facilities to the private sector, but four school sites remained unsold and the government decided to\u00a0list them on Yahoo Auction.
\nAccording to Yahoo Japan[J]<\/a>, these are the first school sites ever listed since the company started handling government items\u00a0on Yahoo Auction.
\n\"Ex-school
\nvia Internet Watch[J]<\/a> and IT media[J]<\/a>
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