Ikea Japan is leasing a tiny home in Shinjuku, Tokyo, for 99 Japanese yen (about $0.86) a month. The compact apartment is just 107 square feet, but it comes fully kitted with Ikea furniture. There's ...

We in the West typically see only the top slices of Japanese aesthetics: the high-concept, glass-and-aluminum Modernism of no-expense- spared commercial projects or the steep-pitched roofs and ...

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On December 9, 2025, in Yokohama, Japan, @mame_mame_shii shared a video capturing unexpected shaking caused by an earthquake. In the footage, the author is in the living room when sudden tremors begin ...

When moving into a new apartment in Japan, there are a lot of different payments you have to make. There’s the first and last month’s rent, security deposit, real estate agency fee, the one-time ...