FEATURE: Renting rooms in private homes to travelers starts to take off in Japan

Giovanni Galanello (L) talks with the 40-year-old founder of an IT start-up who is accommodating the Italian in his house in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2015. Galanello found the place through an Internet service provided by Airbnb Inc. for people to find and rent lodgings in private homes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo