5.5 earthquake shakes Tokyo, Ibaraki Prefecture

Around 7:46 p.m. on the 16th, a magnitude 5.5 earthquake occurred in Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, Japan. The quake caused significant shaking across the capital region for several seconds. ( read original story ...)

Why Japan’s ambitious urban redevelopment projects are stalling

TOKYO– If all goes according to plan, the skyline of Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district will finally lose its matrix of construction cranes in March 2035, marking the conclusion of a “once-in-a-century” redevelopment pushed nearly eight years behind schedule. ( read original story ...)