This once-boring new build in East Harlem became a joyful, maximalist home for a family of four, all on a tight budget, too!

Join Tom on a captivating walking tour through three of Tokyo's most vibrant districts—Akihabara, Asakusa, and Shibuya. Begin by exploring Akihabara’s lively streets, filled with dazzling electronics, ...

Tokyo’s new condominium prices rose to a record in 2025, driven by ballooning construction costs, supply constraints and more expensive luxury apartments hitting the market.

Tokyo, Jan. 8 (Jiji Press)--A man was found dead with massive bleeding at an apartment in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Thursday morning. The Metropolitan Police Department found stab wounds to the neck, ...

A woman in her 30s was stabbed at an apartment building in Tokyo on Monday, and a man suspected of being the attacker was taken into custody in Chiba, near Tokyo, after fleeing the scene, according to ...

Tokyo's Shibuya Ward will not hold a year-end countdown event around its major train station for the sixth consecutive year. The ward held a countdown event near Shibuya Station until 2019. It has ...

People stand outside an apartment building in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, where a woman was reportedly stabbed on Dec. 29, 2025. (Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A woman in her 30s was stabbed at an apartment ...

The tiny homes inside this Japanese apartment building put cramped Manhattan studios to shame. Tokyo’s Nerima Triangle Building likely numbers among the narrowest apartments in the world, but it hosts ...

Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood is one of the most popular, and crowded, parts of the city. In particular the part of the district that stretches from Shibuya Station, across the world-famous Shibuya ...

I write about house tours (but I love a good kitchen and kids' room article). My work can be found across AT Media, including The Kitchn and Cubby. I’ve been writing about home-related topics for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. A brand exhibition has opened in Shibuya, Tokyo, featuring the ...