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035 _a(Sirsi) u11658
041 _aeng
245 _aOvercrowded
260 _c1987
350 _a0
490 _aEconomist
_v305(7527) 5 December 1987, Survey 30-32(3)
520 _aHigh land prices are becoming a major political and economic problem in Japan and must be controlled. The high prices are due to a shortage in areas of high demand such as Tokyo ; the need to make better use of land by overhauling outdated building and development codes and a heavy reliance on property related tax revenues by central and local government. Remedies include a penal rate of taxation on the purchase and resale of land within a specified time period, legislation to stop speculative land sales and decentralisation of government and business away from Tokyo.
650 _aASIA
650 _aBUILDING CODES
690 _aOVERSEAS
942 _n0
948 _c04/03/1997
999 _c7440
_d7440