TOKYO — Before Marie Kondo captured the world’s attention with her exhortations to rid ourselves of items that did not “spark joy,” there was another Japanese guru of decluttering. Her name is Hideko ...

For me, the hardest part of decluttering is letting go of stuff. I'll find any excuse in the book to hold on to something if the scarcity mindset creeps in — a simple "what if" is enough to earn an ...

Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces. “In many ways, having to face our things is like having to face ourselves,” ...

Before Marie Kondo stormed into the global consciousness, Hideko Yamashita taught Japan the art of creating tidier spaces. Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times Yamashita is widely recognized in Japan ...