The latest edition of our Dezeen Debate newsletter features a hotel in Kyoto by Kengo Kuma and Associates. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate features "a treat of sophisticated simplicity"
Local design studio I IN has updated the reception lounge for a Tokyo office, adding a verdant plant centrepiece and a sculptural ceramic installation. More about I IN creates "living lounge" for Tokyo office in museum building
The "ethereal beauty" of classical Japanese Noh theatre informed Kengo Kuma and Associates' design for the Banyan Tree hotel in Kyoto, with a dedicated stage hidden in its stepped gardens. More about Kengo Kuma embellishes Kyoto hotel with timber-skeleton theatre stage
London studio Woo Architects has redeveloped its design for the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2025 Osaka, which will now pay homage to the innovations of English mathematician Ada Lovelace. More about Woo Architects updates design for UK Pavilion at Osaka Expo 2025
Architecture studio Schemata Architects has created Blue Bottle Coffee Toyosu Park Cafe, a wooden cafe in Japan with an open design that gives visitors an unobstructed view of the sea. More about Wooden pillars support Blue Bottle Coffee cafe overlooking Tokyo Bay
Japanese studio IGArchitects has completed the Pyramid Hut, an angular, concrete home nestled into a sloping site in Okinawa. More about IGArchitects adds pyramidal concrete home to sloping site in Okinawa
Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series, we take a look at the most significant building of 2005, Moriyama House in Japan by architect Ryue Nishizawa. More about Ryue Nishizawa's Moriyama House was the most significant building of 2005
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features automotive brand Nissan's electric version of a 1980s sports car. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features electric version of Nissan's 1980s Skyline car
Japanese studio Schemata Architects has used locally sourced timber planks to clad this series of low-lying, angular guesthouses overlooking the sea on Kouri Island. More about Schemata Architects clads Yawn Yard guesthouses in Japan with local timber
Car brand Toyota has revealed the first phase of its Woven City project in Japan, which was designed by Japanese studio Nikken Sekkei as part of a masterplan by Danish studio BIG. More about Nikken Sekkei and BIG's Toyota Woven City unveiled in Japan
Automotive brand Nissan is presenting its R32EV concept model at this week's Tokyo Auto Salon – an electrified iteration of its popular R32 Skyline GT-R sports car known as Godzilla. More about Nissan unveils electric version of 1980s Skyline GT-R sports car
Japanese studio Sou Fujimoto Architects has released construction photos of The Grand Ring, a vast wooden structure that will encircle the pavilions at the upcoming Expo 2025 Osaka. More about Sou Fujimoto reveals construction progress at Expo 2025 Osaka site
Photographer Paul Tulett has toured Japan to publish a book documenting the country's vast collection of concrete edifices. Here, he spotlights nine unusual examples featured in it. More about Nine examples of "misunderstood architecture" featured in Brutalist Japan
An oversized, bamboo-clad roof connects the spaces at the Bamboo Gate community centre in the Mabi Reconstruction Disaster Prevention Park, Japan, designed by architecture studio Kengo Kuma and Associates. More about Kengo Kuma tops sculptural community centre with swooping bamboo roof
Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design has completed a minimalist showroom and office for jewellery and fashion brand Mariha in Tokyo. More about Keiji Ashizawa Design uses neutral tones for jewellery showroom in Tokyo
The site of the metabolist Nakagin Capsule Tower, which was disassembled in Tokyo's Ginza district in 2022, is set to be taken over by a luxury hotel led by hospitality brand Accor. More about Luxury hotel set to be built on Nakagin Capsule Tower site
An exhibition at the 21_21 Design Sight gallery in Tokyo shows how human excrement and other types of waste can become more valuable to people and planet. More about Pooploop exhibition at 21_21 explores new uses for "waste and excrement"
Japanese studio Chop + Archi created a deep cross-shaped void in the centre of this compact house in Kumagaya, Japan, dividing it into distinct spaces that are buffered from each other. More about Chop + Archi cuts cruciform void into centre of Kumagaya House in Japan
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled a pair of Christmas trees made from elements that will become furniture at the Edition hotels in Toranomon and Ginza, Tokyo. More about Kengo Kuma creates pair of Christmas trees from timber furniture components
Designtide Tokyo is back after a 12-year hiatus. In this interview, exhibition co-founder Yuta Takeda explains the reasons for its revival. More about Designers "want to show their works in a public, physical scene" says Designtide Tokyo co-founder