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.
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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)
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.