Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theo

Bringing together a number of perspectives on the Japanese housing system, Housing and Social Transition in Japan provides a comprehensive, challenging and theo

This book explores the experiences of older women in post-war Japanese society through analysis of their family and housing histories. Three broad themes - fami

Demand for owner-occupied housing has expanded dramatically across modern-industrialized societies in recent years leading to volatile increases in residential

In the Japanese language the word ‘ie’ denotes both the materiality of homes and family relations within. The traditional family and family house - often po