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California’s economy surpasses Japan’s as it becomes fourth largest in world
State’s nominal GDP reaches $4.1tn, edging out Japan’s $4.02tn, ranking it behind the US, China and GermanyCal…
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The housing crisis is global. What are other countries doing about it? | Alan Kohler
Australia is not the only country facing a housing crisis. Alan Kohler takes us on a whistle-stop tour of five…
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Life at the heart of Japan’s lonely deaths epidemic: ‘I would be lying if I said I wasn’t worried’
Some 68,000 people are expected to die alone and unnoticed in Japan this year, police say, as the population c…
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A Tokyo developer will demolish a building for spoiling the view. Why doesn’t Britain care about beauty? | Simon Jenkins
Politicians and planners are allowing the Thames to become an urban canyon – greed always seems to win out A J…
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Pa-rental guidance benefits charities | Brief letters
Charging children rent | Keffiyehs and kippahs | A well-oiled cyclist | Sex (and other) education | 100-year m…
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Akiya houses: why Japan has nine million empty homes
New figures show nearly 14% of all houses in Japan are empty – but this real estate glut is attracting growing…
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Christopher Alexander obituary
Architect and theorist who believed in creating human-centred buildings, drawing on new technology and ancient…