Lawmakers check condo building site

Lawmakers check condo building site

TOKYO, Japan - A group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives' Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee visit the construction site of a condominium designed using fabricated quake resistance data, in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, on Nov. 29.

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