Airbnb takes off in Japan, but the party is over for many seeking to ride the boom

When Airbnb was in its infancy, not many people knew about home rental in Japan. Now that everyone wants to ride the boom, fewer hosts are making money.

Akasaka Real Estate’s CEO Erik Oskamp reports Airbnb hosts in Tokyo — especially those who sublease — are either not making money or are losing it. “Hosts put in a lot of work and they’re not making a di…