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  2. List of slums - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat , is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between ...

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    Comments from Truco (talk · contribs). Prose. More doubling the height of Japan's previous tallest building—the 17-story Hotel New Otani Tokyo—the Kasumigaseki Building is regarded as Japan's first modern high-rise building, rising 36 stories and 156 metres (512 ft) in height.

  4. San'ya - Wikipedia

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    San'ya (山谷, San'ya) is an area in the Taitō and Arakawa wards of Tokyo, located south of the Namidabashi intersection, around the Yoshino-dori.A neighborhood named "San'ya" existed until 1966, but the area was renamed and split between several neighborhoods.

  5. Kyū-Iwasaki-tei Garden - Wikipedia

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    Billiards house. Western-style residence is a two-story building constructed of wood that also has a cellar. The design is based on the Jacobean style of England in the 17th century, which incorporates Islamic motifs of the Renaissance. On the south side of the building, there is a veranda with a colonnade.

  6. Category:Buildings and structures in Tokyo - Wikipedia

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  7. Housing in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Floor area ratio is the total floor area of the house (excluding the roof and basement) as compared to the area of land the house is built upon; for a maximum FAR of 150%, the greatest possible total floor area for a house built on a 100m 2 lot would be 150m 2. Both maximum values vary according to the location of the land and width of facing ...

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  9. List of tallest structures in Tokyo - Wikipedia

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    Tallest city hall in the world: the complex includes Building No. 1, which features two public observation decks over 200 m (660 ft) high, and a 163 m (536 ft) Building No. 2; Tallest building in Japan at the time of its completion; Tallest building completed in Tokyo in the 1990s; 13th-tallest building in Japan [43] [44] [45] 8= Sunshine 60