Full-scale work began Tuesday on dismantling a residential building in Tokyo and a budget hotel in Aichi, whose quake safety parameters were falsified by disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha and deemed at risk of collapsing in a strong earthquake.
In Minato Ward, Tokyo, the Fukuoka-based property developer Shinoken Co. started dismantling the nine-story, eight-unit Stage Daimon building. Last Thursday, Shinoken started erecting footholds and inspecting interiors to prepare for tearing down the building.
Shinoken also conducted preparatory work Tuesday to tear down two other condo buildings in Shinjuku and Minato wards.
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