The Japanese Journal of Real Estate Sciences

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2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 5-8
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_5

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2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 9-16
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_9

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2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 17-29
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_17

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New directions of Housing Policy in Japan On the Report of Central Housing and Land Council

Shigenori KOBAYASHI

2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 30-36
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_30

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The Report of Central Housing and Land Council stated some new directions of Housing Policy in Japan in June 2000.
The Report stated many important changes of housing policy from housing policy in growth society to housing policy in matured society.
A main purpose of housing policy in growth society had given the first priority to lead households to own their own houses.
But a main purpose of housing policy in matured society will change to lead households to make use of houses.
To make such radical changes, the report put stress two points; we think of making use of market mechanism important and of the quality of housing stock important.

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Housing and Land Policy into the 21st Century

Yasuo HIBATA

2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 37-43
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_37

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Housing and Land Policy into the 21st Century in Japan should be dramatically transformed from that in the latter 20th century's growing society to the policy market-oriented and stock-based to get into affluent matured society. Some goals of the new policy are realization of high quality of new housing stock and reformed existing stock and development coordinated with town making to realize close location between job place and home and to get affluent living space. The implementation of the policy is strategically focused on publicprivate partnership, local government initiatives, and involvement of various organizations and bodies like NPO, community organization of residents people and others in semi-public sector.

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The Explanation of Housing and Building Land Council answer

Kimio KIUCHI

2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 44-52
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_44

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In Japan, Due to big changing situation from growing society to matured society, June 21, 2000 Housing and Buiding Land Council handed in an answer “About Housing and Building Land Policy supporting well life of the 21st Century” to Ministry of Construction.
Ministry of Constuction positively takes a variety of political measures including establishment of the 8th

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Standards of Living, Residential Environment and Residential Lots

Yasushi ASAMI

2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 53-61
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_53

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Several fundamental amendments concerning policies for housing and lots have been proposed in the recent report of the Council on Housing and Lots. Separation of living quality dependent upon the household size from housing performance is important to correctly understand the quality of housing stocks. Standard of housing stocks by looking at the number of housing units over 100 m² and 50m² has some rationale, for they are related to old standards. The report fails to consider substitutability of elements of residential environment. Moreover standard of living can be refined. These aspects should be pursued in the future.
Concerning, standard of residential environment, a new notion, namely sustainability, is added. This implies a fundamental change in considering our residential environment, for sustainability is based on what-we-act rather than what-we-get, which old four notions are based on. Announcement of qualitative scales for residential environment is important to promote the accountable policies. The report can be improved by stressing on improvement of ordinary residential areas, and by considering concrete counter-measure for prevention of excessive subdivision of lots based on the public welfare of group of lots.

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Fixed-term Tenant Right and Housing Market

Kazumasa IWATA

2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 62-68
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_62

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The introduction of fixed-term tenant contract can improve the resource allocation through the contract based on freedom of contract, thereby relaxing the prescription for protection of tenants (the justifiable reason and the rent control) under the tenant law. Yet there exists wide recognition gap between economists and lawyers about the economic effect of new-type contract on the supply of large-size housing stock for rent. Even among economists controversy arises concerning the irrelevance theorem on the tenant law. This paper intends to clarify the reason why the difference of opinion appears. From the viewpoint of filling the gap, we examine the policy recommendation of the Report by the Housing Council in 2000.

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Part of Periodical Land Lease Agreement

URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 69-76
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_69

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The establishment of periodical land lease agreement enabled landowners to activate their sleeping land in business and, as a result, it caused the liquidation of fixed lands. Lease holders, especially those who in the middle-income segment, also enjoyed this opportunity and gained good quality individual house since its initial investment amount turned to cost less than building lots for sale. This establishment converted the idea of the land policy from ‘land to be owned’ to ‘land to be activated’.

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The New Stage of Housing Policy

The Change in the Role of the Government

Yasuko NIIMURA

2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 77-85
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_77

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The recent report titled “Housing Policy towards 21^st century” states adequately that we have come to the stage where the improvement of our housing should be achieved through market. In other words, the government policy for the purpose should face a paradigm change: from traditional paternalistic intervention in the housing market to the role of a neutral rule maker and of a judge in the housing market. Also the report emphasizes the utilization of the residential stock. This can only be achieved through the development of the second hand market and the rental market.

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2001 Volume 14 Issue 4 Pages 86-88
Published: January 30, 2001
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.5736/jares1985.14.4_86

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