Architect Tsukasa Ono designed this housing project on Japan's Yakushima island to have a positive impact on its natural setting, using a "regenerative" approach to improve the soil by promoting the growth of mycelium and bacteria. More about Sumu Yakushima is a co-operative housing project that supports humans and nature
Japanese design studio Nendo has created a gold-coloured Christmas tree for the Tokyo Midtown shopping centre in Roppongi, Tokyo, with kinetic cutouts designed to resemble "sparkling lights". More about Nendo designs polyhedral Christmas tree with flickering star-shaped cutouts
Hospitality brand Edition has teamed up with Japanese architect Kengo Kuma to create a luxury hotel filled with plants in the Toranomon district of Tokyo, Japan. More about Kengo Kuma and Edition hotels create "oasis at the heart of the city" in Tokyo
Studio Wasabi Architecture and Satoshi Kawakami Architects have created a home and artist residency in Tokyo for Mexican artist Bosco Sodi, founder of the arts foundation Casa Wabi in Mexico. More about Bosco Sodi unveils remodelled Tokyo residence as family home and Casa Wabi extension
A thatched roof and large cardboard tubes form part of the structure of the Farmer's Restaurant on Awaji Island, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban's studio. More about Shigeru Ban marries thatch and cardboard tubes at Farmer's Restaurant in Japan
Japanese design studios Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design have renovated a century-old machiya townhouse in Kyoto with minimal interiors that intend to honour the home's existing architecture. More about Td-Atelier and Endo Shorijo Design transform interior of traditional machiya house in Kyoto
Tokyo-based Fourteen Stones Design has designed the Koffee Mameya Kakeru cafe for barista Eiichi Kunitomo in a former water transportation hub in Kiyosumi Shirakawa. More about Fourteen Stones Design revamps Tokyo warehouse into "coffee gastronomy" cafe
Design studio Hakuten has created a three-dimensional map of Ginza, Tokyo, that presents the ecology that exists in the district. More about Ginza Ecological Map designed by Hakuten presents the "hidden story of Ginza"
International practice OMA has released images of Harajuku Quest, a shopping centre with stepped terraces and a green rooftop that has begun construction in Tokyo. More about OMA reveals design for stepped shopping centre with glass facade in Tokyo
Dezeen Showroom: to coincide with annual design festival Designart Tokyo, we've rounded up 10 furniture and lighting designs by Japanese artisans and brands that have been featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Ten furniture and lighting designs by Japanese brands and designers
Interior construction firm Semba Corporation has renovated the interior of its headquarters in Tokyo to include reclaimed materials discarded during the demolition of other offices. More about Semba Corporation creates own office interior from reclaimed materials
Japanese architecture studio Office M-SA has arranged a house in Akishima, Tokyo, around a series of exposed concrete elements designed as extensions of its foundations. More about Office M-SA organises Tokyo home around exposed concrete furniture
Sheer curtains that look like translucent walls were used to divide up the structure of this temporary showroom space in Japan created by Domino Architects. More about Domino Architects divides reusable sales showroom with fabric walls
Architecture studio Mitsubishi Jisho Design has completed an 11-storey hybrid timber hotel in Sapporo, Japan, that was designed to use as much local timber and as little concrete as possible. More about Mitsubishi Jisho Design completes "Japan's first hybrid timber high-rise hotel"
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Junya Ishigami's below-ground level, mud-covered house and restaurant in Japan. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now! More about Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Junya Ishigami's "sensational" Japanese mud house
Japanese studio Nori Architects has used whole cedar logs, earth plaster and waste materials to retrofit the 30-year-old concrete framed Good Cycle Building in Nagoya prefecture More about Nori Architects adds cedar-log columns to renovated Japanese office
This week on Dezeen, we showcased a house and restaurant designed by architect Junya Ishigami, which is hidden below ground level in Japan. More about This week we revealed a house hidden underground in Japan
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Debate newsletter features Junya Ishigami's below-ground concrete and mud restaurant. Subscribe to Dezeen Debate now. More about Dezeen Debate newsletter features a "uniquely immersive" mud restaurant in Japan
Japanese architecture studio Archipatch has completed a house in the seaside city of Kagoshima that is built from timber and features a material palette chosen to complement its natural surroundings. More about Tsumugu by Archipatch is a wooden house designed to connect with nature
A Japanese house and restaurant are contained within this mud-covered building by architect Junya Ishigami, which was crafted by pouring concrete into holes in the ground. More about Junya Ishigami hides mud-covered house and restaurant below ground level in Japan