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CONDOMINIUMS

BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 21, 2018
Japan's Hankyu realty taps Indonesian condo market
Property developer Hankyu Realty Co. has forayed into its fourth overseas market, joining Japanese and Indonesian partners in a project to build a condominium complex on the outskirts of Jakarta.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jan 28, 2018
Hazards of dementia manifesting in residential complexes
When rescue workers responded to a midnight emergency call from an Osaka apartment unit in August 2016 and rushed to the scene, they first had to climb over piles of junk including empty cans and leftover food. Among it, they found a dehydrated elderly woman whose thinking was muddled; nearby was her older sister who was suffering from dementia and in a state of confusion.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 8, 2017
Demand for condos slowing in Tokyo but heating up in Osaka
Demand for condominiums in Osaka is growing among family households as well as the wealthy, with the increasing supply of affordable properties a stark contrast to falling demand in central Tokyo.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2016
Tokyo condo sales plunge to 24-year low
Sales of new condominiums in Tokyo have fallen to the lowest since the property bubble collapsed in the 1990s.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2015
Prime contractor behind leaning building ordered pilings of insufficient length
The health ministry raids a manufacturer of blood products and vaccines after a panel accused it of several violations.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2015
Local governments expand piles probe
As the data falsification scandal involving Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp. continues to reverberate, municipal governments have started looking into the piling work of other firms, too.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 6, 2015
Asahi Kasei cuts profit target, says piles scandal hard to cost
Construction subcontractor Asahi Kasei Corp. lowered its annual forecast by 14 percent on Friday, but said the figure excludes a probe into its work on building foundations.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Nov 2, 2015
Let's discuss the tilting Yokohama condo scandal
An employee at the center of a data falsification scandal involving a tilting condo in Yokohama oversaw piling work at 41 projects in nine prefectures.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 22, 2015
Asahi Kasei subsidiary worker linked to leaning Yokohama condo handled 41 projects over 10 years, firm reveals
An Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp. employee at the center of a tilting condo controversy oversaw 41 projects in nine prefectures over 10 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2015
Tilting condo may be tip of iceberg for shoddy housing construction nationwide
The scandal surrounding structural flaws and falsified data for a tilting residential building in Yokohama has cast a spotlight on loopholes in the real estate industry's entrenched system, according to experts who speculate the trouble may turn out to be just the tip of an iceberg.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 11, 2011
Back to business as usual for condominium developers?
High-rise condominiums are set to make a comeback.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
May 3, 2011
Reality check: Condo repair funds not enough
Condominium owners may be discouraged to learn that the repair fund they pay into once a month won't be enough to fix their broken buildings.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Aug 24, 2010
Last resorts: Vacation condos dirt cheap
If you're looking to buy a little hideaway in the mountains, the time is right. 'Resort mansion' can currently be had for bargain basement prices.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
'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 former PM Aso meets Trump for talks on security and economy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump and Taro Aso, vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in New York on Tuesday. The Japanese government’s top spokesman on Wednesday played down the meeting as one conducted "in the capacity of one lawmaker" and “without the government’s involvement.”
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.
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.

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