Yotsuya Co-Plus - Japan's first privately developed condominium apartment

Yotsuya Co-Plus is Japan's very first privately developed condominium as well as the first of the "Co-Plus" series of apartments.

Although the first condominium was the Miyamasuzaka Apartment built in 1953, this was built by the public housing commission.Read more

by Zoe Ward

Apartment Survey: 40% say now is the time to buy

The latest results from a survey by real estate market research company, Attractors Lab, has shown that only 40% of respondents believe that now is the time to buy an apartment. In April, the month following the Tohoku disaster, that number was 45%.

The same survey was also conducted four times between April, 2010, and January, 2011, and each time over 60% of respondents indicated that they thought it was the right time to buy.Read more

by Zoe Ward

Increased risk of large quake in Miura-hanto fault group

  • Earthquake risk has increased as a direct result of Tohoku earthquake
  • 11% chance of Magnitude 6.7 quake occurring within the next 30 years

The Japanese Government's Earthquake Research Committee announced on July 11, 2011, that the March 11 Tohoku earthquake has increased the chance of an earthquake occurring along the Miura-hanto fault group.

It has been predicted that there is a 11% chance that the Miura-hanto fault group will produce an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.7 within the next 30 years. This fault group is classified among the most active faults in Japan.

Experts warn that a large earthquake caused by the Miura-hanto fault group could produce a Read more

by Zoe Ward