Enterprising companies make work for idle rooms in Japan

Keito Kobayashi runs a business consultancy out of a condominium in Tokyo, but when he needs to hold a face-to-face meeting with clients he reaches for his smartphone and books a room elsewhere.Kobayashi, 34, is a frequent user of an online conference-room space-matching service offered by Spacee Inc., one of a number of companies cashing in on the trend for shared offices by tapping into a vast pool of rooms lying idle in the city."As our head office is a unit in a condominium, we use a shared office whenever we have a business discussion," Kobayashi said. "When a client wants an emergency…READ FULL ARTICLE