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by bhupy 2498 days ago
https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2016/08/la...

> Tokyo, Japan’s capital city, has a growing population of over 13 million people but house prices have hardly increased in twenty years. Why? Tokyo has a laissez-faire approach to land use that allows lots of building subject to only a few general regulations set nationally.