NEW YORK (AP) — People often ask Japanese tidying queen Marie Kondo what containers they need to achieve her brand of organizational success. They expect her to "reveal some hitherto secret storage weapon, " she explains in her popular book.

Instead, she advised when "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" was first published in Japanese in 2011, "You can solve your storage problems with things you already have in the house."

But Kondo's thinking has evolved as she's leveraged her massive, global fan base to expand her empire. She's now got an upcoming Netflix show, a fledgling corps of consul...