Right now, Asia is in our i-List and the third country we're examining in depth this month, Japan, 現在，《i名單》來到了亞洲，我們本月要深入探究的第三個國家是日本。
where there's a growing trend to make homes more and more compact, 日本目前有個愈來愈盛行的趨勢，致力於把住家變得愈來愈小巧紮實。
some, believe it or not, about he size of a parking space. 信不信由你，有些住家甚至只有停車位大小。
It is amazing how efficiently space can be used when you're determined enough. 人一旦下定決心，空間的利用效率之高實在讓人吃驚。
You'll see in this report from Kyung Lah. 景蘭帶來的報導即將讓你眼見為憑。
This is no trick of the lens. 這不是鏡頭的造成的錯覺。
Super thin, ultra-compact, the kitchen-living-dining-room, the size of an American walk-in closet. 超薄，極度小巧，綜合廚房、客廳與餐廳於一室，大小只相當於美國的走入式衣櫃。
Fuyuhito Moriya and his mom, Yoko, call this tiny three-story, single-family...uh, space...home. 這座迷你的三層樓單一家庭……呃……空間，就是守屋冬人和媽媽洋子的家。
Space-saving sliding curtains replace doors. Appliances tucked under counters or hidden in cabinets. 節省空間的拉簾取代了門扇，家電塞在流理台底下或是藏在櫃子裡。
Half-sized sinks. Oversized windows and glass doors to create the illusion of space. 水槽只有正常的一半大小，特大號的窗戶和玻璃門用於製造空間寬敞的錯覺。
Shoes stashed in stairway nooks. 鞋子堆在樓梯的角落裡。
Zenbu corner? 全部的角落？
Zenbu. 全部。
Every single corner is used. 每個角落都充分利用。
Hai. 是的。
Even the staircase is designed to shave inches. This is a spiral staircase, but how does this save space. 就連樓梯的設計都特別節省空間。這是個螺旋梯，可是這樣的樓梯怎麼節省空間呢？
It's triangular, says Moriya, "shrinking the diameter of the spiral. 「樓梯是三角形的，」守屋說：「所以螺旋的直徑會比較小。」
What are the challenges of living in a small house, in an ultra-small house? 住在這麼一間小房子，這麼一間極度迷你的房子裡，必須面臨什麼挑戰呢？
Getting enough outside light in, says Moriya. "And keeping junk to an absolute minimum." 「引進充足的光線，」守屋說：「還有把垃圾的量降到最低。」
The Moriya's only have two coffee cups in the house. 守屋的家裡只有兩個咖啡杯。
While living in cramped quarters is nothing new here in space-starved Tokyo. Ultra-small houses redefine small. 在缺乏空間的東京，住在狹小的房屋裡雖然沒什麼稀奇，但極度迷你的房屋卻重新定義了「小」的概念。
This house sites on 30 square meters, the space where you'd ordinarily park just one car. 這間房屋坐落的土地面積只有三十平方公尺，只是一個停車位的大小。
This was originally a parking space. Moriya didn't have enough money to build a full-sized house. 這裡原本的確是個停車位。守屋沒有足夠的資金興建一棟正常大小的房屋。
But I heard about ultra-small houses in Japan, he says. 「但我聽說日本有極度迷你的房屋，」
I thought this is doable by building the rooms on top of each other instead of just side-by-side. 他說：「我心想這樣應該可行，只要把房間向上堆疊，不要左右相鄰就可以了。」
This isn't just doable in today's economy, but necessary, says architect Junichi Sugiyama. 在當今的經濟環境裡，這種做法不僅可行，而且有其必要，建築師杉山純一說。
Sugiyama is designing a single-family home on this small plot of land, about five steps across. 杉山正在設計一座單一家庭的住家，就坐落在這一小片土地上，前後距離大約只有五步。
That's a third of the size of the already modest Japanese home and half the cost. 日本的住宅原本就已經不大，這個住家更是只有三分之一的大小，造價也只要一半。
What percentage of the business now is ultra-small houses? 在你們的業務量當中，極度迷你房屋目前佔了多少百分比？
They make up about 70 percent of our business, says Sugiyama, but he says it's not because people want these tiny homes, 「約百分之七十，」杉山說。但他說原因不是這些人想要住在迷你住宅裡，
more that fewer people are able to afford a standard-sized home in a stagnant economy. 而是因為在停滯的經濟當中，已經愈來愈少人能夠負擔得起正常大小的住宅。
Moriya spent about US$500,000 to build his home -- a bargain for your own new home in modern Tokyo. 守屋花費了大約五十萬美元建造他的家——要在現代的東京擁有自己的新家，這樣的花費算是非常低廉。
But there are compromises. 不過，在某些部分還是必須有所妥協。
Is privacy ever a challenge because your mother lives with you? 你母親和你住在一起，會不會有隱私上的問題？
Yeah, it's a problem, notes this 39-year-old single man. 「是啊，這的確是個問題，」這名三十九歲的單身男子表示。
He shares a bedroom with his mom. Six months living here, it's been a little touch-and-go they both say, 他和他媽媽共同睡在一間臥室裡。他們說，在這裡住了六個月，其實有點走一步算一步的味道。
but at the end of the day, they are property owners. Home sweet small home. 不過，到頭來，他們畢竟擁有自己的房產。家，甜蜜的小小之家。