One person has reportedly died and 170 homes have been damaged following a large fire outbreak in the Saganoseki district of ...

TOKYO (AP) — Razed a century ago by an earthquake and fire and then again by bombing during World War II, Tokyo is constantly recreating itself. These days, multibillion-dollar redevelopment projects ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Urban landscape developer Mori Building Co updated its elaborate three-dimensional depiction of Tokyo this week - a sprawling tapestry of model buildings - as the city goes through ...

Clear standards are needed to balance preservation and redevelopment and to define Seoul’s urban identity and future spatial ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building was completed in 1990 and towers over Shinjuku. Its Main Building No. 1, standing 243 meters tall, was the tallest structure in Japan at the time. Each of ...

T O K Y O, Jan. 24 -- Tokyo is one of the world's largest cities, and it is also a vast, sprawling concrete jungle. Largely destroyed during World War II, it was rapidly rebuilt with plenty of ...

TOKYO >> Razed a century ago by an earthquake and fire and then again by bombing during World War II, Tokyo is constantly recreating itself. These days, multibillion-dollar redevelopment projects are ...

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