Searching for Housing (Rooms)
Basic information necessary for foreigners to find an apartment room in Japan (the flow of procedures and contracts, real estate terms, etc.) and points to note after moving in are provided in the Apartment Search Guidebook, which is available in 14 languages (Japanese, English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, Nepali, Thai, Indonesian, Burmese, Khmer, Tagalog, Mongolian).
You can also view in on the following website:
Japan Property Management Association website