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  2. How Japan spent more than a century earthquake-proofing its ...

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    The property firm behind Japan’s new tallest building, which opened at the Azabudai Hills development in Tokyo last July, claims its quake-resistant design features — including large-scale ...

  3. List of tallest structures in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Japan has more than 300 high-rise buildings above 150 m (490 ft). [1] Unlike China, South Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia with skyscrapers exceeding 400 m (1,300 ft) in height, Japan's skyscrapers are relatively shorter. All buildings above 50 m (160 ft) must also be as earthquake-proof as possible and adhere to other strict structural standards.

  4. Shinbashira - Wikipedia

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    List of earthquakes in Japan; Tō-ji; The Japanese page on the architecture of the 5-tier pagoda of Japan contains sections about the debated reason behind pagodas' quake-resistance – one of the two theories is the Shinbashira, and also lists the types of styles in which the Shinbashira is employed in the building of the structure.

  5. Earthquake-resistant structures - Wikipedia

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    Earthquake-resistant or aseismic structures are designed to protect buildings to some or greater extent from earthquakes. While no structure can be entirely impervious to earthquake damage, the goal of earthquake engineering is to erect structures that fare better during seismic activity than their conventional counterparts.

  6. Traveling through ground zero of Japan’s earthquake zone - AOL

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    Looking out toward the sea offered signs of how Japan’s landscape had been altered there, too. Experts say the tectonic shifts from the quake pushed the ground up 13 feet in some areas and moved ...

  7. Housing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In terms of tenure, 62.4% of housing in Japan consisted of owner-occupied dwellings, 24.3% of units leased by the private sector, 7.6% of units leased by the public sector, and 5.2% of housing for government workers and company employees. [11] Balconies of a typical apartment building in Sapporo

  8. Japan's quirky, quake-resistant dome houses prove a big draw

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    ASO, Japan, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Nestled near a volcano in southern Japan, 450 quake-resistant dome houses put up by a health resort and decorated with flowers and dinosaurs are drawing visitors from ...

  9. Tsunami-proof building - Wikipedia

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    Nishiki Tower in Taiki, Mie, Japan, is designed to resist powerful waves and has a tsunami shelter on the fourth floor [1]. A tsunami-proof building is a purposefully designed building which will, through its design integrity, withstand and survive the forces of a tsunami wave or extreme storm surge.

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