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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 23, 2021
Japan land prices fall for first time in six years due to pandemic
Land prices across all categories in the Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya metropolitan areas, the three largest, slipped 0.7% from the previous year.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 20, 2021
Tokyo skyscraper, set to be Japan's tallest, to include condos
The top floor of the 330-meter-high skyscraper in Minato Ward will have a view of the capital from the same height as that of Tokyo Tower.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Regional voices: Chubu
Feb 15, 2021
Empty stores and offices on the rise in Nagoya
Nagoya's central district is seeing more empty stores and offices as the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in teleworking and almost no inbound tourists.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 9, 2021
Japan's attempts to promote home ownership leave renters in cold
People are moving out of Tokyo into the suburbs and countryside in response to COVID-19.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 29, 2020
Japan land prices fall for first time in three years amid pandemic
The survey covered the average prices for all types of land nationwide, including commercial, residential and industrial.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2019
Man referred to prosecutors over 2018 Sapporo explosion
A man who was working at a real estate office in Sapporo has been referred to prosecutors by police for allegedly causing an explosion by emptying deodorizer spray cans last year and injuring more than 40 people nearby.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2019
Reborn Shibuya Parco hopes to regain iconic status amid tough times for brick-and-mortar stores
After a three-year renewal project, Shibuya Parco, an iconic shopping complex in the bustling central Tokyo district, is back in the game.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2019
Renovated Okura Tokyo unveiled to the press ahead of public opening
Renowned for melding East and West, old and new with its architecture and design, The Okura Tokyo opened its doors to the press for the first time Friday after three years of renovations, ahead of its public opening on Sept. 12.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2019
Mori unveils ¥580 billion project to bring record-breaking skyscraper and urban greenery to Tokyo
The developer behind Tokyo's landmark Roppongi Hills is betting on another upscale project that has been more than 30 years in the making and will require a ¥580 billion investment.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 22, 2019
Designer Thomas Heatherwick injects green relief into Tokyo's concrete jungle with new Mori project
Construction of a sprawling new property development for Mori Building Co. in central Tokyo, which will house Japan's tallest skyscraper at around 330 meters when completed in 2023, finally kicked off earlier this month after three decades of negotiations with landlords.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 24, 2019
House-flipper takes advantage of Japan's 8 million-plus empty homes
More than 8 million homes lie abandoned across Japan, a symptom of the declining population and people's migration to major cities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 2, 2019
Office makeovers focus on comfort and productivity as activity-based working takes hold in Japan
The first thing Hiroaki Ninoyu does almost every day when he arrives at work is head to the meditation room.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 26, 2019
Number of abandoned homes in Japan edges up to record high of nearly 8.5 million
Empty homes now account for 13.6 percent of Japan's housing stock, with the bulk of them concentrated in Yamanashi and Wakayama prefectures, government data show.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 19, 2019
Landlords cry foul as NYC climate bill targets Trump Tower and other skyscrapers
New York City has passed sweeping legislation to curb energy demand from some of its most iconic skyscrapers, including Trump Tower.
EDITORIALS
Feb 13, 2019
Get to bottom of flawed apartment construction
Both the company and the authorities need to determine why such a large-scale faulty construction was allowed to happen and take steps to ensure such problems aren't repeated in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2018
Carrot nanomaterial found to make cement stronger and greener
Crunchy and tasty, yes, but could carrots also strengthen cement and cut carbon dioxide emissions for the building industry?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 29, 2018
Historic Tokyo house to become gathering place for executives and entrepreneurs
A 91-year-old historic residence in Tokyo will turn into a business hub starting next month with a goal of helping company executives and entrepreneurs cultivate new ideas and communicate freely, operators of the facility announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 9, 2018
Sony opens experimental 'park' in Ginza
In what appears to be an unusual mix, tech giant Sony Corp. opened a "park" in the middle of the Tokyo's ritzy Ginza district on Thursday with four subterranean levels.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 7, 2018
Malaysia's Najib Razak is out of power but his legacy lives on in giant skyscraper
As Malaysia seeks to move beyond the excesses associated with nearly a decade of rule under ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak, one of his pet projects continues to rise irreversibly skyward to become the tallest building in Southeast Asia.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Nov 1, 2017
Alex Kerr on Japan: From 'voice in the wind' to vindication
A quarter-century after his first book warned Japan of what it had to lose, Alex Kerr feels the nation is finally on the same page.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
By Alex K.T. Martin

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