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DAIWA HOUSE

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 11, 2021
Massive project near Tokyo heralds rise of hyperscale data centers
Costing over u00a5100 billion ($953 million), Daiwa House's 330,000-square-meter facility in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, is slated for completion in 2030.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 14, 2019
Japan's Daiwa House suspects massive $211 million embezzlement at Chinese joint venture
Home builder Daiwa House Industry Co. said Wednesday it suspects 1.42 billion yuan ($211 million) may have been embezzled by three employees at its joint venture in China.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2018
Japanese housing firms target Asian markets due to shrinking business at home
Japanese housing manufacturers have been strengthening their overseas businesses, tapping into potential growth in China and other Asian countries as demand for new construction declines in the shrinking domestic market.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 26, 2018
Japan gets its first office building fully powered with solar energy
The country's first office building fully powered by off-the-grid solar energy opened Monday in the city of Saga.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 9, 2015
Laundry-folding robot unveiled at Tokyo trade fair
In a move that takes advantage of image recognition and robotics technologies, a Tokyo-based company is showcasing an unusual home appliance at the CEATEC trade fair.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 7, 2013
Daiwa House's model community a study in power self-sufficiency
Daiwa House Industry Co. held a ceremony Thursday to mark the opening of residential quarters comprising 65 detached homes all equipped with solar panels and battery storages in Osaka Prefecture, aiming to be the first town in Japan that is self-sufficient in electricity.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
The story isn't over for Japan's bookstores
Later this month, author Shogo Imamura will open Honmaru, a bookstore that allows other businesses to rent its shelves. It's part of a wave of ideas Japanese booksellers are trying to compete with online spaces.
Hybrid work takes root in Japan, survey finds
A dealer works in the trading room at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on March 28. An overwhelming majority of respondents who currently work remotely in some capacity say they wish to continue to do so.
Shohei Ohtani signs deal with sports technology company Rapsodo
Shohei Ohtani has been appointed as the new technology ambassador for Rapsodo, the company announced Monday.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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