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Leopalace21 probe finds ex-president directed changing wall materials

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Of course he ordered the change. They tried to blame the construction company, but that wouldn’t be the case. They wouldn’t just make changes as cost cutting measures because the ordering company pays the cost, not the company doing the construction.

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And hopefully LeoPalace is covering the relocation costs of those 14,443 residents, coz moving in Japan costs an eye.

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everyone always cutting corners to save a buck here. why dont you lower the ridiculously high prices and these scandals would decrease... try importing!

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Shouldn't prosecutors be questioning him? That's a lot of money gone and a lot of people's lives in convienenced. And he lost his position over another matter of misusing company funds. Surly there must be some criminal code broken here.

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Leo Palace had a decent reputation for mid/levels apartments so who would have guessed? Who could know, and fire retardant materials? How nice to know that your 10 story apartment is not up to fire codes... This too was a story during the bubble, which precipitated each stage of construction requiring pictures to be taken at each stage. With Photoshop, who knows if the pictures are real. If you are living in an apartment, you’ll never know.

When a friend was having a house built, he told me members of his family took turns and pulled up a lawn chair, and took his own pictures along with the company names, construction workers, and all of the construction and materials.

Still no guarantee.

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Leopalace builds and operates rental apartments for owners, doesn't it? The rental business only works if you have high occupancy. so LP cutting corners and making apartments that get a reputation for poor soundproofing is bad news for owners. With the population falling and empty buildings increasing in most parts of Japan, there is even less reason to put up new substandard buildings.

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There is to supposed to be some checking by the local department for fire safety, esp commercial buildings need stickers on walls and carpets etc as proof of fire rresistant materials etc, how did they get through those checks?

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""We take it seriously and prioritize advancing the investigation and correct (insufficient operations),"

Yeah, yeah. No one's fault, shoganai. No one will be punished. You'll be transparent from now on until the next time, then you'll be transparent, etc.

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the company failed to detect the order by the former president, Yusuke Miyama, to change materials from those initially planned

I assume Miyama gave the order to someone in the company: why didn't that person report it? Why weren't the buildings certified as safe before people were allowed to move in?

Miyama established the company in 1973 and resigned in 2006 to take responsibility for misusing company funds for private purposes.

Carlos Ghosn is accused of similar things and spent months in jail being questioned. Why wasn't Miyama arrested? Why isn't he being arrested now?

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