TOKYO -- A growing number of elderly people in Japan are encountering an unexpected barrier to living on their own, even if they can afford it. An 88-year-old Tokyo man started to look for a new ...
The average price of newly built apartments in Japan’s capital rose 39.4% from the previous year to a record 114.8 million yen ($778,041) in 2023, the Real Estate Economic Institute said on ...
As Japan enters a coronavirus state of emergency, millions of people are being asked to stay at home--but often that means staying indoors in tiny living spaces, especially in densely populated Tokyo.
The tiny apartment Ikea is offering is located in the busy Shinjuku ward, a major commercial district and a locale considered to be prime real estate in the Japanese capital. Blahaj was seen in a ...
Exterior view of the BUREAU Shinagawa. SPACE DESIGN, INC. Accommodation arrangements are always a source of headaches when Japanese companies invite their foreign group companies' employees to Japan ...
(Mainichi/Hiroyuki Abe) YONAGO, Tottori -- The Japan Society for Tobacco Control ... the smell of cigarettes wafted into the woman's apartment even if she shut all the windows.
OYO had launched in Japan in 2019 through OYO Life – its rental apartment business. Riding into the country on the back of its investor – SoftBank, OYO was hoping to make a splash. Yahoo had ...