Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to ...

From Tokyo to Kyoto, award-winning architect learns first-hand how embracing change honors the past and the future ...

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The 44-meter, 11-story Port Plus, located near the Kanagawa prefectural government's office, is the highest fireproof architecture created entirely of timber in Japan. It was completed in March ...

so they're often torn down and replaced with safer modern buildings. In America, the average age of a demolished building is 67 years, while in Japan, it's 32, per Jiro Yoshida, a business ...