Tokyu Land leads development of high-rise condo in Indonesia
Tokyu Land Corp. is developing a high-rise condominium complex in Jakarta aided by a team of Japanese companies overseeing the architecture, interior design, sales and management. The Tokyo-based developer said the twin tower project with 381 units and shopping, dining and entertainment facilities fully makes ...
A gut feeling that you need an extra toilet
Everybody knows that Japan produces the most technologically advanced toilets in the world. They pretty much do everything except pull up your pants when you're finished. And one of the more pleasant surprises greeting foreign visitors to Japan is the ubiquity and accessibility of ...
The number of condominiums newly listed for sale in the Tokyo region in October dropped 0.6 percent from a year earlier to 2,903 units, a research institute said Tuesday. Launches of large-scale condominium buildings in Tokyo and neighboring Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures have ended, ...
Tokyo faces declining condominium prices
In Japan's housing market, there has always been one verity: Certain parts of Tokyo will always be popular and, therefore, profitable for developers. However, according to various media reports, that verity may have collapsed, at least when it comes to new condominiums. In its Sept. ...
Residents vote to rebuild entire defective condo complex in Yokohama
Residents in a scandal-hit condominium complex in Yokohama decided Monday to rebuild all four buildings, not just the one that is tilting because of defective pilings. Construction will begin around next April and the new buildings are planned to be completed in about 3½ years, ...
Resort condos: an option for home buyers
As everyone in Japan now knows, there are millions of vacant houses and apartments throughout the country, many of which are on sale for a song. The money and effort needed to renovate these properties, however, often isn't worth it given how inexpensive new ...
Contractors of a tilting condominium in Yokohama are given business suspension orders for malpractices, according to the land ministry.
70% of residents at tilting condo complex want entire site rebuilt
Nearly 70 percent of condo owners in the Yokohama complex with a tilting building want the entire site rebuilt, according to a survey conducted by the management association. The results, revealed by the association Sunday, show that 476 of the 705 households want the developer ...
Asahi Kasei internal probe finds piling data falsified in over 10% of projects
Asahi Kasei Corp. revealed Tuesday that piling data had been falsified in at least more than 10 percent of the projects worked on by a subsidiary over the past decade. Amid a deepening data falsification scandal engulfing Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp., 61 workers were ...
Tokyo condos for sale dropped 6.5% in October amid scandal over piling work
Fewer apartments have been put up for sale in Tokyo since flaws were found in hundreds of buildings with falsified construction data, threatening to cut short a rally in home prices. The number of apartments in Tokyo and surrounding areas that were offered in October ...
Asahi Kasei piling scandal grows to at least 50 workers, 266 sites
The company at the center of Yokohama’s tilting condominium reveals that over 50 employees falsified data on at least 266 piling projects over the past decade.
Building pilings scandal widens; piling worker 'apologizes' to mother
Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp., beset by a faked construction-records scandal, says a worker who fabricated data for pilings beneath a tilting condominium in Yokohama manipulated figures for at least eight other facilities nationwide. The facilities include a business hotel in Aichi Prefecture, a public ...
