Rhea knows a thing or two about living in a small space; she’s made a stylish but functional home in this 420-square-foot ...

Transform your space into a serene haven with Kokedama, the Japanese art of moss-covered ball planters. Simple to create and ...

With a low fertility rate, ageing population and homes that swiftly drop in value, around nine million properties lie empty ...

From quirky designs to odd floor plans, these outside-the-box homebuilding ideas could bring down real-estate prices.

“Less is more” is the motto of J-beauty, one of the world’s largest cosmetics markets. Japan is home to multinational cosmetics enterprises that tap into traditional know-how and modern ...

American couple Dani and Evan Benton who run a guesthouse and honeybee farm on an island in Japan say, “The move is the best ...

Yen carry trades had been making a “small comeback”, he added. The currency’s renewed decline last week prompted Japan’s top currency official to warn that he was monitoring “speculative ...

I have some encouragement in that pursuit: I recently discovered on Apartment Therapy the Japanese philosophy of mottainai, which is loosely translated as “what a waste” or “too good to waste” and is ...

Katherine Haan is a small business owner with nearly two decades of experience helping other business owners increase their incomes. Katherine Haan is a small business owner with nearly two ...

questions whether Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's pledge to significantly raise Japan's national average wage is the right move, as he believes such a goal would squeeze small businesses like his.

Unfortunately, you can’t have someone else store your stuff. So, what about storage in small apartments? Nevertheless, as you know, there are no hopeless situations, and even with the smallest ...

Want to learn Japanese by playing video games and watching anime? A band of YouTubers — with the help of modern tools — has made learning one of the world’s most challenging languages into a ...