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.

Before the earthquake changed everything, 83-year-old Sueko Naka from Japan's remote Noto Peninsula wished to live out her ...

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 ...