Yep, housing in Japan isn't really that expensive, as there's lots of options for very small and inexpensive places to live. You can also get extremely low-int

Yep, housing in Japan isn't really that expensive, as there's lots of options for very small and inexpensive places to live. You can also get extremely low-interest housing loans here. They're not going to make it illegal to build housing in places where people want to live; that would require a huge change to the national zoning law, which would never happen. The current law works extremely well. Other countries really should learn from Japan's example, as urban planning here is fantastic compared to anyplace else I've been.