Image Shigeru Suzuki built his house in Tokyo both as a residence and as a showroom of sorts for the surging tiny-home trend in Japan. Mr. Suzuki installed a ladder to a lofted sleeping area.

The New Year’s Day earthquake demolished wooden buildings all across Japan’s ... “The house stands on a very narrow lot of land, and the building has many small rooms, with many columns ...

Hannah Kirshner owns Japanese Kominka houses in Yamanaka, Ishikawa Prefecture. While she lived in a rented apartment for the first few years, an empty old house nearby caught her eye. It took ...