When you’ve finished constructing the Japanese house, maybe you can create a garden ... materials you’ll need to build your dream home. Grabcraft is a great source of blueprints for a variety ...

"The traditional Japanese Shiribasami Tsugi joint is created, showcasing a key technique in Japanese woodworking. This joint involves mortise and tenon cuts at an angle, with wedge-shaped wood pieces ...

Now that summer has loosened its torrid grip, a trip to this outdoor museum in the western Tokyo suburbs is a perfect way to ...

While many places in the world face a housing shortage, Japan is facing the opposite problem: an oversupply of homes on the ...

Strong demand for new housing has smaller builders ripe for takeover. The Japanese are big players because their cost of ...

CNBC's Lin Lin takes a closer look at the surge in Japan's abandoned homes, which foreigners can snap up cheaply. But one expert warns buyers to be realistic with their expectations, as the value of ...

Many leading Japanese trading houses have posted lower net profit for the first half of the fiscal year. Declines in resource prices was a key factor. For the April-to-September period ...

This photo taken on Oct. 25, 2024, in Tokyo shows locally farmed salmon sold by Marubeni Corp. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese trade houses, led by Marubeni Corp., have been pushing for ...

As of 2023, Japan had more than 9 million "akiyas" — empty houses — according to government data, with some of these properties going for less than $10,000. These homes, often abandoned and ...