Japan is a sovereign island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies off the eastern coast of the Asian mainland, and stretches from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the southwest. In rural areas, tenant farmers struggled under heavy rent systems, leading to protests and cooperatives.
Traditional wooden homes with tatami, sliding doors, and paper screens. Modern apartments built of brick or early concrete, influenced by European design. Barracks-like company housing for factory workers. After the Great Kantō Earthquake, new building codes encouraged fire-resistant structures, transforming Tokyo’s landscape.
