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今日吃瓜 approach to the sharing economy is that if a service such as <i> minpaku </i>, or short-term private lodging, operates like a hotel, it should be regulated as one.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 1, 2026
The sharing economy is catching up with Japan
Shinjuku is moving to restrict minpaku following a surge of complaints from Japanese residents about tourists causing noise and other issues.
People remove debris from a collapsed gate at a temple struck by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake, in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on July 29.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2026
?4 billion in lottery proceeds to go to quake-hit Kumamoto
The money will be used for reconstruction projects in areas damaged by the powerful July 28 temblor.
Protesters march from Puerta del Sol square, where they have been camped out for days, to the building where the late Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing protests in Spain, used to live, in Madrid on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2026
Madrid mourns evicted retiree, ‘icon’ of Spain housing protests
Maricarmen Abascal, who used a wheelchair, died in hospital two weeks after her eviction from the apartment where she had lived for 70 years.
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, is transported on a stretcher to an ambulance, after she was evicted from her home in Madrid on Sept. 23.
WORLD / Society
Oct 8, 2026
Spanish woman whose eviction sparked mass housing protests dies weeks later
Maricarmen Abascal, 87, had been in hospital for severe anxiety and exhaustion since her eviction on Sept. 23 from her home of more than 70 years.
Demonstrators gather after learning that Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old pensioner whose eviction triggered nationwide protests in Spain, had died at a hospital in Madrid on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 8, 2026
Housing crisis set to dominate Spain’s snap election
The spark was ignited when 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal was evicted from her lifelong Madrid home after the rent was drastically hiked.
Bid-rigging cases were found for repair work contracts for 171 condominium buildings in Tokyo and six prefectures around the capital.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2026
42 Japanese firms engaged in bid-rigging over condo repair work
The Japan Fair Trade Commission imposed fines totaling about ?1.6 billion on 37 of the firms.
Collapsed houses covered by plastic sheets are seen in the town of Hikawa, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Sunday.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2026
Over 1,500 still in shelters two months after Kumamoto quake
A total of 182 emergency temporary housing units have been established in 10 complexes in Kumamoto Prefecture.
The average price of condos in Tokyo fell 0.2% in August from the previous month to ?112.74 million.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 24, 2026
Tokyo used condo prices fall after 28 months as declines in central wards spread
Mortgage costs are climbing as the Bank of Japan raises interest rates and signals its willingness to tighten credit further, damping demand.
Tokyo has posted the sharpest growth among all prefectures in prices for both residential and commercial land, with the capital recording the highest growth in commercial land prices for the first time in 12 years.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 16, 2026
Price growth slows for residential and commercial land near chip plants
Factors apparently behind the slower growth include soaring construction costs and an oversupply of housing.
A residential building in Tokyo. Home prices have surged in Tokyo and other cities as the residential market recovers from years of stagnation.
BUSINESS
Sep 15, 2026
Japan FSA to examine real estate lending risks as rates climb
Real estate is among a range of areas on the Financial Services Agency’s watchlist for credit risks as lenders and borrowers adjust to higher rates.
Tokyo’s dense skyline is dominated largely by bare rooftops.
LIFE / Style & Design
Sep 15, 2026
As 今日吃瓜 cities get denser, could greener rooftops replace lost gardens?
At a recent symposium, architects explored why 今日吃瓜 rooftops remain underused — and what could happen if that changed.
MW’s robotic arms with claw-like hands can fold laundry and carry groceries while moving along ceiling-mounted rails.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 11, 2026
Japanese startup bets Iron Man-inspired homes can beat humanoids
MW aims to sell its first robot-equipped home in Tokyo by 2028 and build as many as 10,000 units a year by 2035.
PGIM Real Estate is taking a more selective approach to acquisitions in Japan as rising interest rates drive up deal costs in the country.
BUSINESS
Sep 10, 2026
今日吃瓜 rate hikes raise bar for real estate investor PGIM
今日吃瓜 booming real estate sector has come under pressure as the economy adjusts to higher borrowing costs following decades of near-zero rates.
An abandoned house in the town of Misato, Kumamoto Prefecture, in 2024
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2026
Government to provide loans to businesses that give akiya new lease on life
There could be nearly 6 million empty dwellings, or akiya, not on the market or in use by 2043, which would represent over 8% of all housing in Japan.
Data shows housing rents in Japan have been increasing for some time now.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Sep 2, 2026
For foreign nationals in Japan, are rent hike notices take it or leave it?
Some accept the inevitability of having to pay higher rents due to inflation. Others find the extra financial burden frustrating amid stagnant wages.
Ultralong loans are becoming more common among younger borrowers as they allow for payments to be made in increments.
BUSINESS
Aug 28, 2026
Japan regulator steps up scrutiny of 50-year home loans
Home loans of as long as 50 years are becoming more common among younger borrowers with modest incomes.
Central London during the heat wave in July
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 25, 2026
Londoners find ‘horrendous’ cracks in their homes after successive heat waves
Hot, dry weather shrinking soil and destabilizing building foundations is now part of a long list of heat-related challenges to which the U.K. is now struggling to adapt.
Photographs and architectural models displayed at an exhibition looking back on the history of the Oimawashi Jutaku.
JAPAN
Aug 15, 2026
History of housing for Japanese postwar returnees kept alive
Efforts have been made to preserve the history of public housing for Japanese returnees from former Manchuria and elsewhere after the end of World War II.
A plasterer teaches a student from Tohoku Bunka Gakuen University how to apply plaster on a wall.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Tohoku
Aug 10, 2026
Plasterers head to school in search of new blood
By giving students the opportunity to experience the art of plastering firsthand, they hope to boost their numbers, which have more than halved in the last two decades.
The FTC believes that bid-rigging in the Tokai region has been conducted for several years.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 29, 2026
Firms in central Japan suspected of condo repair bid-rigging
The Japan Fair Trade Commission on Tuesday conducted on-site inspections of more than?20 companies in Aichi, Gifu and Mie prefectures.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo&#039;s Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo&#039;s Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers&#039; summit at the Quai d&#039;Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
The Rapidus Analysis Center and the IIM-1 Innovative Integration for Manufacturing foundry in Chitose, Hokkaido
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998&#039;s "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Famima Park Azabudai is a concept store by FamilyMart that combines convenience store staples with branded apparel, merchandise and a landscaped outdoor space.
Convenience stores, toilets and the allure of everyday Japan
By Elizabeth Beattie

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