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Exterior view of Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg.

Exterior view of Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg.. ＝May 17, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Exterior view of Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg.

Exterior view of Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg.. ＝May 17, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Demolition of ex-Otsuchi town office bldg. begins

MORIOKA, Japan - Demolition works of the former town office building in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, begins in full-swing on June 4, 2014 by using heavy machinery. Since opinions of local residents are polarized regarding the demolition of the building, where 40 town officials died due to tsunami in the March 11 devastating earthquake in 2011, part of the building, including the front entrance, will be kept as a relic.

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Toyosato mayor ordered to stop funding new school bldg

OTSU, Japan - A group of residents in Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, celebrate the success of their suit against Toyosato Mayor Wasaburo Ono on Dec. 22. The Otsu District Court ordered Ono to stop funding construction of a new school building to replace the 66-year-old art deco building designed by U.S. architect William Merrell Vories that the mayor had sought to demolish. The residents want the building preserved.

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1,000 participate in opening ceremony for new Marunouchi Bldg.

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 people participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 6 for the opening of the new 37-story Marunouchi Building in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district. The participants gathered to challenge the Guinness Book of Records' entry for the largest ribbon-cutting ceremony.

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Toyosato mayor ordered to stop funding new school bldg

OTSU, Japan - A group of residents in Toyosato, Shiga Prefecture, celebrate the success of their suit against Toyosato Mayor Wasaburo Ono on Dec. 22. The Otsu District Court ordered Ono to stop funding construction of a new school building to replace the 66-year-old art deco building designed by U.S. architect William Merrell Vories that the mayor had sought to demolish. The residents want the building preserved. (Kyodo)

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New Japanese school bldg. in Yangon to meet increased need

Kindergartners play in front of a new Japanese school building in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, in May 2015. The number of the students at the school has more than doubled in three years, rising to 159 as of April 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyagi gov. explains plan on anti-disaster bldg. frame to families

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai (L) speaks in front of some 40 bereaved family members of those died in or went missing from Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building during the 2011 tsunami in the town on April 9, 2015, about a plan to transfer the ownership of the building from the town to the prefecture until March 2031 and postpone the decision on whether to preserve it or tear it down. Town Mayor Jin Sato sits on his right. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Miyagi gov. explains plan on anti-disaster bldg. frame to families

A man visits the steel frame of Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building, damaged by the 2011 tsunami, in Miyagi Prefecture on April 9, 2015. Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai told bereaved family members who lost their loved ones there about a plan to transfer the ownership of the building from the town to the prefecture until March 2031 and postpone the decision on whether to preserve or disassemble it. Many people continue to visit the place where 43 people died or went missing in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Minamisanriku mayor hopes to hear people's views on ruined bldg.

Mayor Jin Sato of Minamisanriku Town in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, says during an interview in the town on March 3, 2015, that he wants to hear the opinions of local residents on whether to keep the 2011 tsunami-engulfed steel frame of the public disaster prevention office building as a memorial to convey the importance of disaster prevention. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Frame of Minamisanriku town's anti-disaster bldg.

Photo taken on Feb. 25, 2015, shows the 2011 tsunami-damaged steel frame of Minamisanriku town's disaster prevention office building in Miyagi Prefecture. Forty three people died there in the disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Amazon to open N.Y. office in ex-department store bldg.

Photo taken in October 2017 shows the Lord & Taylor building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York. Amazon.com Inc. said Aug. 18, 2020, it has acquired the landmark building, which used to be the department store's flagship outlet, and plans to add 2,000 new jobs there as part of a nationwide expansion of its corporate offices and hiring.

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1,000 participate in opening ceremony for new Marunouchi Bldg.

TOKYO, Japan - More than 1,000 people participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 6 for the opening of the new 37-story Marunouchi Building in Tokyo's Marunouchi business district. The participants gathered to challenge the Guinness Book of Records' entry for the largest ribbon-cutting ceremony. (Kyodo)