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Japanese housebuilding startup Homma seeks to give U.S. housing market a dose of innovation
Not every Japanese entrepreneur manages to launch a startup in Silicon Valley, and odds are even lower if that person wants to take on the challenge of the U.S. housing market. But this is an adventure that Takeshi Homma has embarked on with his company, ...
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. Property developers such as Panasonic Homes Co. and Daiwa House Industry Co. have been trying ...
Over 50 percent of people in Japan have considered living with or near their parents
Over 50 percent of people in Japan have considered living with or close to their parents — nearly double the share of parents who have had similar thoughts regarding their children — a private-sector survey has revealed. According to the survey, which was focused on ...
Japan to promote use of empty buildings as satellite offices
The land ministry aims to support efforts to utilize the country's empty buildings as satellite offices or shared workspaces, according to informed sources. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry hopes to have related costs included in its budget request for fiscal 2019, which starts ...
China could use a little U.S.-style suburban sprawl
The country needs more babies, but the dense cities that sprung up during industrialization make that difficult.
Tokyo to provide free housing for those displaced by floods in western Japan
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has said it will provide free public housing for victims of the torrential rains and floods that recently inundated western Japan, and will start accepting applications from prospective residents Wednesday. Although Tokyo is several hundreds kilometers away from the area hit ...
60% of Japanese commuters kept going to their workplace after June Osaka quake, survey shows
An expert says that during a crisis it would be better to turn around and go back home.
Spooked no more? Hong Kong's 'haunted apartment' prices levitate with white-hot market
Ng Goon-lau pointed at a window inside a dark, tiny bedroom. The window was small and easily sealed, Ng explained, a perfect place for carbon-monoxide poisoning. A man once burned charcoal to kill himself there. Another tenant, a policewoman, also hanged herself in the same ...
Local authorities say more than 6,000 structures were damaged in recent Osaka earthquake
Authorities have confirmed that more than 6,000 structures were damaged by the 6.1 magnitude earthquake that rocked northern Osaka Prefecture last Monday morning. Almost a week after the quake, full-scale repair work to the damaged buildings has not yet been carried out and residents are ...
The Trump administration is launching an initiative on Thursday to crack down on sexual harassment of women by landlords and encourage victims to come forward for help from the U.S. Justice Department and Department of Housing and Urban Development. The two departments will create a ...
Kanagawa city's apartment complex finding favor among young families willing to relocate
An apartment building that's part of a municipal project designed to encourage young families to move to the suburban city of Hadano, Kanagawa Prefecture, has proved popular thanks to discounted rent and a good location. The building, which is called Miraie Hadano, has been close ...
