Hotels built by Kimura Construction Co. but not designed by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha also have less reinforcing steel than required by law, Land, Infrastructure and Transport Minister Kazuo Kitagawa said Friday.
Kitagawa said his ministry will give priority to investigating these buildings.
The government has also announced it will subsidize rent payments for people forced to move out of defective buildings. Some will get up to 200,000 yen per month for two years.
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