"Rabbit hutch" is a stereotypical term coined years ago by outsiders referring the cramped dwellings of crowded, urban Japan.
Smaller in area than California, the nation of 127 million people long ago earned the reputation of being densely populated.
This crowded image, however, is likely to change steadily from 2006.
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