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In Tokyo, there is almost no public or subsidized housing — yet there is also almost no homelessness. Instead of taxpayer-supported housing, the government focuses on allowing developers to build.

Since the 1960s, Tokyo has tripled its housing supply, while New York's has grown by only about a third. And because housing is far more abundant in Japan's capital, it's also cheaper.

It helps that most Tokyo residents don't own cars, so parking doesn't increase the price of housing as much as it does in the US. Japan's penchant for building is also born of necessity.

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Real estate is an option, too. Chinese have emerged as the main buyers of Tokyo apartments costing $3 million or more, and they often pay with suitcases of cash, said Zhao Jie, the chief executive ...

Tokyo’s Nakano Ward is confronting the graying of society by forging ahead with a program to increase the availability of barrier-free apartments for elderly residents and those with disabilities.

In Tokyo, there is almost no public or subsidized housing — yet there is also almost no homelessness. Instead of taxpayer-supported housing, the government focuses on allowing developers to build.

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Tokyo isn't dealing with the kind of severe housing supply shortage that many American cities are, in part thanks to loose land-use laws. Tony Cordoza/Getty, Tyler Le/BI ...