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Building codes have been revamped after large quakes in Japan, so large commercial and public buildings tend to be the safest ones. They've been revamped, but
by ChatGTP 3y ago
Building codes have been revamped after large quakes in Japan, so large commercial and public buildings tend to be the safest ones.
They've been revamped, but Ishikawa hasn't rebuilt everything to the new codes in the last 40 years or so they were introduced.
It's not a wealthy area.
- numpad0 3y agoThere are ways to upgrade existing buildings that makes more sense in taller buildings than small houses, which of course is government subsidized, so taller buildings in Japan are often safer. Or at least safe for the first one. Some says the exoskeleton approach[1] is ugly as hell, I think it's cyberpunk. 1: https://dailyportalz.jp/kiji/170113198541 https://dailyportalz.jp/kiji/170113198541
- bamboozled 3y agoI have never seen any of this in Joetsu or surrounding areas (very close to Ishikawa). Maybe you've spent most of your time in Tokyo?
- freetime2 3y agoIt’s a fairly common sight in Joetsu, particularly for government buildings. This company shows a list of seismic retrofitting projects that it has done in Joetsu, for example: https://www.sato-san.jp/works/list.php?cat_id=11 https://www.sato-san.jp/works/list.php?cat_id=11 There are also subsidies and financing available in Niigata prefecture for seismic retrofitting wooden homes built before 1981: https://www.pref.niigata.lg.jp/sec/jutaku/1356814927041.html https://www.pref.niigata.lg.jp/sec/jutaku/1356814927041.html For sure though there are many homes in the area that have never been retrofitted.