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Jany: I'm not sure; I've only actually been inside four small apartments in Japan, including my own, and they all at least have either a small (miniscule) window or a patio door that opens out to a tiny balcony. They all have their own bathrooms and bathing facilities too, though. It's possible that it's "common" if you restrict your point of reference to extremely small apartments alone.

Oops, I guess I should have shown how I actually use them, rather than picking a book that I thought would look better with the hook. Yes, they would probably damage some books, but they work well with the thin, folded-in-half-and-bound-with-staples-type booklets and pamphlets that can get lost between larger books (and have large gaps in the middle).

Also, building more bookshelves would be great, but it's an option available only to those who have extra space (see: dragonbaq's comment).