Airbnb claws its way back in Japan following 2018 listings collapse

Young populations and travel boom in China and India offer clearer growth potential

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An Airbnb hotel in Osaka. The company now has about 41,000 listings in Japan, just under 70% of what it had at its peak. (Photo by Hiroyuki Yamamoto)

ERI SUGIURA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The number of Airbnb listings in Japan has recovered to roughly two-thirds of what it was before being decimated by new regulations in June, which forced tens of thousands of accommodations to be taken off the site.

But the world's largest home-sharing company continues to face headwinds in the country, and rapidly growing markets in other parts of Asia offer a seemingly more straightforward path to growth.

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