A special exhibition is offering rare glimpses of daily life on a mostly forgotten former U.S. military housing complex in western Tokyo in the early postwar period. Among the items are photos ...

Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to implement.

TOKYO — Yoshiko Abe is about to turn 89, but that hasn't stopped her from going to the gym every day and trying the free-of-charge makeup course at her housing complex. “It was really helpful ...

"Japan has gradually cranked up the expectations on housing," Daniel Aldrich ... In one such case, a 15-building concrete Tokyo apartment complex, complete with steel shutters and a sprinkler ...