“After living here, I do not need a big house,” Ota continued. “I have everything I need…. What I would do in a big house? I cannot imagine.” Land in Tokyo cost an average of $1,000 per ...

Tokyo, a megalopolis of 38 million inhabitants, is often described as chaotic and bewildering. The city indeed appears to be a complex web of ultra-modern buildings and small private houses ...

Here we tour the best modern residential Japanese houses designed by international and ... and fragments of cityscape surrounding the modest lot in Ota City, a residential district just south of Tokyo ...

Two cantilevered stacked volumes of contrasting materials form Laxus, a new home designed by Japanese studio Apollo Architects & Associates. Located on a corner plot in the Ota Ward of Tokyo, the ...

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 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 ...

TOKYO -- Houses in Japan are getting smaller, with the average floor space falling to a 30-year low. Total area per house is about 92 square meters, a decline of 3 sq. meters from the peak year of ...

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 ...