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Pan across living room area to shared house residents having lunch at table 2. Close-up of shared house resident Yuko Maeda3. Mid of women talking4. Pan from electronic weighing scales to women...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eOsaka, Japan - 23 June 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Pan across living room area to shared house residents having lunch at table \u003cbr/\u003e2. Close-up of shared house resident Yuko Maeda\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of women talking\u003cbr/\u003e4. Pan from electronic weighing scales to women having lunch\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide of resident Chika Matsubara walking towards scales\u003cbr/\u003e6. Close-up of button being pressed\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of resident looking at scales\u003cbr/\u003e8. Close-up of resident stepping on scales \u003cbr/\u003e9. Close-up of resident looking at electronic display\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close-up of weight on electronic display\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Mari Kataoka, shared house administrator, Broad Enterprise:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Since the rent is lower if you lose weight, we thought overweight people would be coming to live here. But we found out that many people who already have a great body (come here), and their goal is to maintain that physique.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Wide of woman carrying clothes leaving walk-in wardrobe\u003cbr/\u003e13. Long shot of corridor in house \u003cbr/\u003e14. Tilt down of unoccupied room in house\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of residents exercising in gym room \u003cbr/\u003e16. Tilt up of resident Chika Matsubara exercising\u003cbr/\u003e17. Wide of Matsubara and other resident exercising with video on screen \u003cbr/\u003e18. Various of women exercising\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Chika Matsubara, shared house resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I had never lived alone so I was worried, but that's when I found this share house. The rent is cheaper if I lose weight, and even though I left my parent's home, there are many other people so it's less stressful. I thought it's killing two birds with one stone.\"\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of women exercising with video on screen \u003cbr/\u003e21. Tilt up of Matsubara exercising\u003cbr/\u003e22. Tilt down of make-up room \u003cbr/\u003e23. Close-up of shampoo bottles\u003cbr/\u003e24. Cutaway of exercise ball in front of television \u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide of cupboard filled with snacks\u003cbr/\u003e26. Tilt down of snacks being taken out\u003cbr/\u003e27. Close-up of crisps \u003cbr/\u003e28. Close-up of Maeda eating crisps \u003cbr/\u003e29. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Mari Kataoka, shared house administrator, Broad Enterprise:\u003cbr/\u003e\"In this share house, the residents have the same goals to lose weight, so it's easier not to give up. But when you're alone, it's easier to lose restraint. By having snacks at their disposal, we hope they will become more resistant to temptation.\"\u003cbr/\u003e30. Wide of Maeda in room\u003cbr/\u003e31. Close-up of Maeda reading fitness book \u003cbr/\u003e32. Cutaway of Maeda reading behind pens\u003cbr/\u003e33. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Yuko Maeda, shared house resident:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's important to lose weight, but it's harder to get rid of fat in some places, like the legs. So I go to a beauty salon and volunteer to model, or go as a client to get lymphatic drainage or to get rid of cellulite, to keep my body shape.\"\u003cbr/\u003e34. Cutaway of packets of crisps on table \u003cbr/\u003e35. Wide of residents eating and talking \u003cbr/\u003e36. SOUNDBITE: (Japanese) Mari Kataoka, shared house administrator, Broad Enterprise:\u003cbr/\u003e\"To be underweight is not healthy. We encourage residents to pursue a body that fits each of them. Weight is of cause one factor, but it is a fact that women are prone to put on fat, so we only advise them how to stay in shape.\"\u003cbr/\u003e37. Tilt down of Matsubara getting on bike outside property\u003cbr/\u003eThe amount you pay for a rented house is normally determined by the number of rooms and location. \u003cbr/\u003eBut at one shared property in Japan, the cost is nothing to do with the size of the structure - it's all about the build of the resident. \u003cbr/\u003eIt looks like a fairly regular shared house.\u003cbr/\u003eBut it's not just rooms that are available for rent at this Osaka property, but a diet too. \u003cbr/\u003eThe rules are simple. \u003cbr/\u003eThe rent is calculated on how heavy the resident is. \u003cbr/\u003eFor every kilo an individual loses or gains, the cost varies by 1000 yen (approximately 10 dollars).\u003cbr/\u003eThe company behind this shared house project, which also runs beauty and cosmetics businesses, hopes it will help women reach their healthy goals. \u003cbr/\u003e\"Since the rent is lower if you lose weight, we thought overweight people would be coming to live here,\" says Mari Kataoka, an administrator with operators Broad Enterprise.\u003cbr/\u003e\"But we found out that many people who already have a great body (come here), and their goal is to maintain that physique.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe shared house has been running for around eight months.\u003cbr/\u003eMore than 20 women currently live here in rooms, ranging from ten to 17 square metres. \u003cbr/\u003eThey get use of a gym area.\u003cbr/\u003eThose who live here also benefit from discounts with various beauty companies. \u003cbr/\u003eThis kind of property is unique in itself, but shared living is also still very uncommon in Japan. \u003cbr/\u003eResident Chika Matsubara, who's 22, has lived here for two months.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's her first experience of living away from her parents and says it could not have been better. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I had never lived alone so I was worried, but that's when I found this share house,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003e\"The rent is cheaper if I lose weight, and even though I left my parent's home, there are many other people so it's less stressful. I thought it's killing two birds with one stone.\"\u003cbr/\u003eBut there is a catch. \u003cbr/\u003eThe shared house offers free snacks and fizzy drinks - and the women are welcome to help themselves as much as they can devour. \u003cbr/\u003eBut this additional temptation is not a ploy by the operators to get residents to pay more rent.\u003cbr/\u003eIt's apparently to make them stronger. \u003cbr/\u003e\"By having snacks at their disposal, we hope they will become more resistant to temptation,\" says Kataoka.\u003cbr/\u003eBut that does not stop residents from opening more than 40 packets of snacks during an average month.\u003cbr/\u003eYuko Maeda often falls for the temptation, but then tries to make up for it. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It's important to lose weight, but it's harder to get rid of fat in some places, like the legs,\" she says.\u003cbr/\u003e\"So I go to a beauty salon and volunteer to model, or go as a client to get lymphatic drainage or to get rid of cellulite, to keep my body shape.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSome critics may argue that the shared house is sending out the wrong message when it comes to body image. \u003cbr/\u003eMore than one in four Japanese women in their 20s are underweight, according to a 2012 study by the country's Health Ministry. \u003cbr/\u003eKataoka says they are aware of the issues.\u003cbr/\u003e\"To be underweight is not healthy,\" says Kataoka.\u003cbr/\u003e\"We encourage residents to pursue a body that fits each of them. 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