An apartment building joins the airlines in charging by weight, because that makes tons of sense, because apartment buildings use a lot of fuel when flying around. This was in the free English magazine Kansai Scene.

Text in picture: Weigh less, pay less

Osaka – You think your rent is too expensive? How about you drop a few pounds, and we’ll drop the price. Sounds like a gameshow, but Lady share House B&D are doing exactly that. Tenants are weighed every three months, and starting with a minimum rent of 38,000 yen, rents are calculated by multiplying their weight in kilograms by 1,000 yen. So if you weigh 50kg, you pay 50,000 yen. If, three months later, you drop to 45kg, you pay 45,000 yen. The share house has an exercise studio, beauty spa and free lectures on weight loss for tenants to encourage them to keep their bankbooks and the scales low.