Japan's new home-sharing rules may stifle Airbnb, others

Japan's new home-sharing rules may stifle Airbnb, others

Sae Cardonnel and her French husband Sylvain stand in front of their traditional Kyoto "machiya" townhouse, which was restored with a specialized loan from a Kyoto Shinkin Bank, in Kyoto, Japan, June 26, 2016. REUTERS/Lisa Twaronite

Japan‘s new home-sharing law was meant to ease a shortage of hotel rooms, bring order to an unregulated market and offer more lodging options for foreign visitors ahead of next year’s Rugby World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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