Central Tokyo is undergoing an office redevelopment boom that in part includes restoring structures from the Meiji to Showa eras and sometimes incorporating them into new high rises, and making replicas of historic buildings, including famous Western-style ones.
Helping the effort is an easing of construction rules by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that allows developers to increase floor space to enable them to build higher structures if historical buildings are preserved or restored as part of the site.
One example in the Marunouchi district near JR Tokyo Station is the Industry Club of Japan building, located on a corner next to the 30-story head office building of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corp.
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