In Japan, housing conditions still lags behind Europe and North America. The floor space per person in the U.S.A. is 2 times larger than in Japan.With respect to floor space per home, we have only 91.92 square meters in the nation wide average. (See Major Housing Data)
In Tokyo, the cost of a residence is 12.9 times a person's annual income (9.5 times in Osaka area), in comparison to 2.9 times in New York.
Dwelling Floor Space per Person 
Cost of Homes as Multiple of Annual Income(1994)
Real Estate Data & Journal,Inc.
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