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
Expo 2025 Osaka is a valuable opportunity for countries around the world to come together at a time of global instability and conflict, says its masterplanner Sou Fujimoto in this interview. More about Expo 2025 Osaka is a chance for "wonderful unity" amid global instability says Sou Fujimoto
Marble covered with plaster and metal treated with acid are among the repurposed materials used by Japanese architect Shogo Onodera to minimise waste while fitting out the flagship store of fashion brand IZA Tokyo. More about Shogo Onodera transforms existing surfaces in Tokyo boutique to "avoid making anything new"
The eighth edition of Designart Tokyo took place across the Japanese capital with nearly 120 exhibitions presenting furniture, lighting and accessories as well as art projects, interiors, technology and some fashion. More about Six highlights from Designart Tokyo 2024
Japanese product design group LIXIL has launched a fold-away bathtub at Designart Tokyo, cut from a single piece of waterproof textile that can be hung up like a hammock or stowed away "according to your mood". More about Bathtope is a foldable bathtub that mimics origami
A large wooden roof with a decorative structure depicting the emblem of the city Toyota tops this museum in Japan, completed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about Shigeru Ban uses wood "in abundance" at Toyota City Museum in Japan
Design studio Simplicity used a palette of natural materials including wood, stone and tatami to evoke the look and feel of a traditional Japanese inn when creating the ryokan floor of the Four Seasons Hotel in Osaka. More about Simplicity sets Osaka's "first modern ryokan" inside Nikken Sekkei high-rise