From June 1, 2015, the Minato City Government in Tokyo introduced allowances to building volume ratios to encourage the re-development of old, non-earthquake resistant apartment buildings.
Apartment buildings that meet certain requirements and receive government approval may be re-built to a larger size than would normally be allowed on that block of land. An allowance of up to 200% may be given if conditions are met. This may bring the maximum possible building volume ratio (yosekiritsu) up to 1,000%, depending on zoning.
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