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It costs $800 to live in a small 2.44m* 1.5m apartment per month. The apartments are often small rooms stacked on top of each other. Tokyo's soaring population has created a strong demand for housing. In the past, most Tokyo residents lived in small, one- or two-storey houses, each with its own yard or gardenaa. As the population grew, the rent rose, meaning that people could not find houses.
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Solution |
One solution offered was to get rid of the small houses and build apartments, but more and more people moved into the city. As the area of land was getting smaller, Tokyo expanded and has experienced a building boom since the 1960’s. Another Solution was a project called Tama New Town. It was an idea to make an area of apartment buildings further out of the city centre, with varying sizes. The buildings houses 200,000 people currently, but the people they were wanting to live in the buildings, the workers, did not, because it would take them 4 hours travelling to and from their work.
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Problem
Japan is one of the countries most affected by natural disasters. Two out of the five most expensive natural disasters in recent history have occurred in Japan, costing $181 billion in the years 2011 and 1995 only. Japan has also been the site of some of the 10 worst natural disasters of the 21st century. The types of natural disasters in Japan include tsunamis, floods, typhoons, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. The country has gone through many years of natural disasters, affecting its economy, development, and social life.
Solution
Due to Tokyo experiencing major earthquakes leaving many stranded in lifts for up to an hour they have decided to consider placing toilets in elevators, these toilets would be used for emergency only situations. They also suggested to provide emergency drinking water in lifts.
Problem
The city of tokyo used to be very polluted but the government is taking action. This problem got so bad that people had to go to the extent of pick up other people’s rubbish from the bay. Pollution in Japan is getting fixed and the Government is going to make sure everything ends up working out.
Solution
The problem of pollution is being resolved slowly but surely. They are making more laws for a range of different problems from the past and are trying to resolve as many issues as possible, like the water. The water in Tokyo used to be very poor, but now different methods have been put into place and they have even replaced their sewerage system and recovered nearly half of their 120 rivers. Tokyo used to be so bad that in 2002 it was rated in 57th place as the most polluted city in the world. But luckily the Government is taking action in this serious problem.