FILE PHOTO: A sign communicating the ban on using the apartment building as Airbnb service by the building management is attached to the building's front door in Tokyo, Japan March 12, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
TOKYO: Japan, which just months ago had tens of thousands of Airbnb and home-sharing properties available, has approved only about 150 before a new law kicks in next week, meant to bring order to the market and create more lodging options for foreign tourists.
The private temporary lodging, or “minpaku”, law, which comes into force on June 15, requires hosts to register with the government and imposes other rules and restrictions.
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