Japan's 'haunted' houses, known as jiko bukken, are attracting buyers and tenants with discounted prices. From apartments linked to suicides to homes where people died alone, these properties. Tokyo estate agent Erik Oskamp statedthat Japanese people are particularly superstitious and averse to the idea of stigmatised properties. A growing niche industry in Japan is hiring specialists to spend entire nights inside so-called haunted homes to prove they contain no lingering spirits, helping.