On January 28, NHK published a piece on old 'non-compliant' buildings that don't meet current fire codes. A 'kison-futeki-kaku' (既存不適格) or non-compliant building is one that was built to the correct codes at the time of construction, but as codes were updated over the years, would not meet current standards and could not be re-built to […]

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