Tokyo's Ota Ward on Friday gave permission to an online travel service provider to start renting out private homes on the popular Airbnb model. It became the first municipality to allow home ...

Tomoya and Naomi Sato, looking to buy a home in one of the world’s most expensive cities, bought a tiny plot of land in a crowded residential neighborhood in central Tokyo. The land was steps ...

The shrine-style bathhouse, with its bright blue noren entrance curtain, stands out among the more modern houses on a quiet street just a stone's throw from the Arakawa River on Tokyo's north ...

The Tokyo metropolitan government will consider mandating the installation of solar power equipment for new houses built in the capital to help meet its goal of net zero carbon dioxide emissions ...

The New York-based private equity firm, which has already been active in Japan dealmaking, said on Wednesday that it acquired a portfolio of 1,195 shared rental houses in the greater Tokyo area ...