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For decades, Japan's real estate system has been driven by a cycle of scrap and build, tearing down and rebuilding homes in pursuit of economic growth

In our previous article, we introduced the origin story of Makigumi—a group born out of post-disaster Ishinomaki. While new public housing development

On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and causing unprecedented deva