Tokyo's Nakagin Capsule Tower, the 20th-century metabolist landmark by architect Kisho Kurokawa, is set to be disassembled and donated to museums or turned into rental units. More about Nakagin Capsule Tower to be dismantled and turned into rental accommodation and exhibits
Japanese fashion designer Nigo has designed a public toilet in the shape of a small home as the latest addition to the Tokyo Toilet project. More about Nigo creates "friendly" house-shaped public toilet in Tokyo
The founders of film and animation studio Factory Fifteen have revealed how they fused Japanese pop culture with sports references to develop a frenzied promo video for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. More about BBC's Tokyo 2020 trailer "brings the Olympics into everyday Japan"
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma has unveiled a toilet in Tokyo named A Walk in the Woods, which was designed to "to dispel the conventional image of public toilets". More about Kengo Kuma reveals cedar-clad public toilet in Tokyo
Reeded glass partitions, stucco walls and red walnut joinery feature in this renovation of a compact apartment in Tokyo by local studio I IN. More about I IN overhauls 80s Tokyo apartment to change perception of renovations in Japan
Brick-like tiles with a volcanic ash glaze created by Formafantasma and textured concrete walls feature in this coffee shop in Shibuya, Tokyo, by Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design. More about Keiji Ashizawa builds Blue Bottle Coffee's Tokyo outpost around volcanic-ash counter
Danish firm Norm Architects and Japanese studio Keiji Ashizawa Design have designed a mid-century modern-informed interior for Azabu Residence in Tokyo using muted dark tones and warm natural materials. More about Azabu Residence in Tokyo references mid-century American design and Brazilian modernism
Architecture studios Pan Projects and Haruki Oku Design have renovated a fashion store in Tokyo using moving curtains and rotating walls to create adaptable retail and events spaces. More about Theatrical curtains enclose the entrance of Tokyo fashion store The Playhouse
Tokyo designer Ryunosuke Okazaki has created a collection of sculptural garments that reference the surrealist art method of automatism. More about Ryunosuke Okazaki's Automatism collection takes cues from surrealism
Parisian studio RDAI has designed a store on Tokyo's prestigious Omotesando street for fashion house Hermès, which was designed to evoke aspects of Japanese nature and culture. More about Gridded steel facade evokes bamboo forest at Hermès store in Tokyo
Japanese architecture studio Unemori Architects has designed a small house formed of several stacked boxes wrapped in corrugated steel on a 26-square-metre plot in Tokyo. More about Unemori Architects creates small blocky house on "tiny plot" in Tokyo
Japanese studio Jun Aoki & Associates has created a distinctive flagship store for Louis Vuitton in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district with an undulating facade and interiors by architect Peter Marino. More about Jun Aoki & Associates wraps Louis Vuitton's Tokyo store in "poetic yet playful" pearlescent facade
Tokyo-based designer Ryunosuke Okazaki has created a collection of couture dresses in bold colours and shapes that are informed by Japanese Jōmon-era pottery and the Shinto religion. More about Ryunosuke Okazaki creates couture dresses informed by Jōmon-era pottery
Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has built a monolithic concrete toilet alongside the Sendagaya Station near Tokyo's Olympic stadium. More about Suppose Design Office creates "floating" concrete toilet in Tokyo
Architect Tanijiri Makoto of Japanese studio Suppose Design Office has created a monolithic concrete home for himself and his family in Tokyo, featuring dark living spaces that open onto a sheltered terrace. More about House T by Suppose Design Office is a "cave-like" concrete house in downtown Tokyo
Architecture firm Snøhetta has worked with Bronx-based cooking collective Ghetto Gastro to create a jet-black eatery in Tokyo that will house immersive dining experiences. More about Snøhetta designs Tokyo restaurant with all-black interior and stage-like kitchen
Wood-wool cement-board walls and concrete tabletops feature in this Tokyo restaurant interior by Japanese architect Keiji Ashizawa. More about Keiji Ashizawa uses "rough materials" to create cosy restaurant interior
Japanese architecture office Case-Real has completed a house on a compact site in Tokyo featuring galvanised steel cladding and a concealed rooftop terrace. More about Case-Real clads House in Higashi-Gotanda in galvanised steel panels
Japanese studio Lighting Planners Associates lit a white tree-like canopy for the interior refurbishment of the historic Nihombashi Mitsukoshi Main Store in Tokyo. More about Leaf-shaped aluminium panels cover ceiling of Tokyo department store
Japanese architect Kengo Kuma used cross-laminated timber to build a temporary pocket park pavilion and exhibition space in Tokyo. More about Kengo Kuma builds cross-laminated timber pavilion and park in Tokyo