Urban Renaissance Agency

In order to play a more extensive role as a housing safety net for the elderly and people raising children, we will promote the establishment of housing and communities for handling Living a super-aged society, by contributing to the realization of “Smart Wellness Houses” that will allow people of all generations to live together in safety and health. We will strive to attract medical and welfare facilities, and aim to boost the added value Environment of apartment complexes particularly in those in regions expected to undergo rapid aging. Field

In aiming to realize “environments in which people will be able to continue living in familiar neighborhoods until their ﬁnal days,” we will strive to attract medical and welfare facilities to UR rental housing. This will allow us to establish community medical and welfare centers to improve living environments, and provide medical and nursing services to surrounding areas. In doing so, we will diversify our ways of collaborating with private Heart Island Shinden businesses by, e.g., promoting fundraising and project participation among them.

※The photo is an entry we received in the “Photo & Sketch Contest of Apartment Complex Scenery.” ② Establishing mixed communities Kashiwa Regional Liaison Medical Center

The characteristics of UR rental housing residents We will take advantage of the Program to Promote the Close Living of Family Members, Prioritized Occupancy Measures and childcare support to establish communities in which The average age of the household head among UR rental housing the families of the elderly and people raising children can help one another out. UR rental housing offering active lifestyles for residents is 56.8, making it slightly higher than the national average, and We will encourage exchanges between people of different generations, and participation the proportion of those over 65 is 35% (39% of households have elderly people of all generations in society by the elderly, by turning open spaces and communal facilities into places people living with them). The age of residents is expected to rise further Establishing community medical and welfare centers as baby boomers pass the age of 75 in 10 years’ time. where the elderly can come and go as they please, to stimulate the community. In order to realize environments centered on UR rental housing, where people An upward trend in the age of household heads will be able to continue living in familiar neighborhoods until their ﬁnal days (Aging in Place), we will cooperate with people in the community to establish Average age of household head among UR rental housing tenants: community medical and welfare centers to provide living environments in ③ Progress toward barrier-free apartment complexes 41.7 (1985)⇒56.8 (2010) which people will have access to home medical, nursing and care services. Parent-Child Salon, where mothers can gather Proportion of household heads over the age of 65: 5% (1985)⇒35% (2010) We will aim to make UR rental housing barrier-free by renovating or rebuilding existing while letting their children play Implementing of initiatives aimed at younger people and ■ Changes in the average age of household heads those raising children apartments. We will also build promenades and walkways through apartment complexes 60 UR rental housing tenants 56.8 UR rental housing is characterized by a wealth of open spaces and public or to encourage the elderly to go out. 55 All households (from the Family Income communal facilities, making the environment inherently suitable for raising 56.4 and Expenditure Survey) children in. We implement measures to support childcare and carry out 50 48.0 renovations in collaboration with private businesses in an effort to create attractive living environments for younger people and those raising children, ④ Providing rental housing with“Mimamori Services 45 so that people of all generations will be able to live active lifestyles. (calling and counseling services to protect the elderly)” 40 What makes UR rental housing so appealing? 41.7 (Taken from the free comments section of a regular survey of UR rental housing tenants in 2010) We will strive to raise the level of services by making appropriate use of the knowhow of 35 ● The living environment is great, and there is a lot of greenery and 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 space. ● UR rental housing has good access, and there are schools private businesses, and promote greater use of the rental housing program for operators nearby, making it very convenient for working mothers. ● The environment Looking at the age structure of the residents, it is not only the elderly, but of housing businesses with services for the elderly. also the proportions of people in their 30s to 40s (people raising children), is very easy to live in, offering peace of mind when thinking about the children, too. There are many elderly people too, and I appreciate them We will also strive to establish environments in which elderly households can live with and infants, which are higher than the national average. Barrier-free interior talking to my children. peace of mind, by providing Mimamori Services to protect them in UR rental housing ■ Comparison of age structures of the national population and UR rental ■ Satisfaction for the green environment within the apartment housing residents during the period for mid-term objectives. complex among people raising children※ 12% UR rental housing 10% 71.8% 21.7% 6.5% Japan (Population Census) ⑤ Supporting, e.g., the elderly by making use of existing 8% ■ Satisfaction for the spaciousness within the apartment complex among people raising children※ 6% housing stock

4% 28.0% 9.9% 62.1% UR will provide support services for the elderly and for raising children through 2% ■Satisfied/Somewhat satisfied ■Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied collaboration with, e.g., private businesses. 0% ■Somewhat dissatisfied/Dissatisfied 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 Over

to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to to 85 Taken from the regular survey of UR rental housing tenants in 2010 4 9 14 19 24 29 34 39 44 49 54 59 64 69 74 79 84 ※Households with children under 12 years of age Taken from regular survey of UR rental housing tenants in 2010 “Mimamori Visit” at the Oyata 1-chome Apartment Complex

12 13 Living Environment Field Mixed communities of the future Promoting establishment of living environments responding - Developing cities where people of all generations can live vibrant lives - to a diversity of generations, particularly the elderly

● Housing to meet the physical ● A wealth of outdoor and and mental needs of tenants communal spaces Providing housing that supports the extension of healthy life expectancy We will create living Welfare Information Site UR furnishes living environments that motivate people to get out and around. environments in which we can Recommended Information for the Elderly and People Raising Children Examples include home renovations that encourage movement by preventing ensure peace of mind for the falls, outdoor environments that invite people to go out for a walk, and a wealth elderly through comprehensive http://www.ur-net.go.jp/welfare/ of opportunities to pursue social interaction. The objective of these and other medical and welfare facilities, Welfare Search and the providing of home strategies is to support the extension of healthy life expectancy. New solutions medical, nursing and care services. introduced by UR include installation of bathroom heaters and ﬂoors that reduce coldness to the touch, as well as measures against heat shock.

● Entranceways: Doors that shut slowly, lighting fixtures that sense the presence of people, color Housing for the elderly with, e.g., additional services schemes that prevent tripping on entrance rails, handrails, intercom systems with monitors Various facilities providing, ● Restrooms: Replacement of doorknobs with lever handles, exits/entrances with minimal height Community Shopping center, e.g., medical, gaps, handrails in two locations café supermarket, etc. nursing and childcare services ● Bathrooms: Handrails in three locations, bathtubs with low sides, bathroom heaters, floors that reduce coldness to the touch, folding doors that are easy to open from outside the bathroom Housing to support Establishing living environments for elderly households through, Promenade healthy life expectancy Housing to support healthy longevity e.g., Mimamori services Meeting place Community With the demographic profile of tenants in UR rental accommodations rising garden rapidly, UR is implementing basic Mimamori services on a nationwide scale. Basing Outdoor space Conceptual drawing of urban development its approach on coexistence with measures currently implemented at the and housing that functions apartment-complex level, UR is implementing these services for all UR apartment as a community medical and welfare center complexes (except those in remote locations). UR is also making use of existing residences in UR rental apartment complexes to provide housing for the elderly that includes distributed services within each residential building, operated by private-sector enterprises. Housing for the elderly with individual services (Takashimadaira Apartment Complex) ● Housing and outdoor environments/facilities perfect ● Creating opportunities for people to enjoy connecting to others and the for raising children community through expansive outdoor spaces and communal facilities Establishing living We will provide places and Kinkyowari and environments to meet opportunities for people of all Implementing measures to support the raising of children Kinkyowari Wide the needs of people generations to socialize and support based on regional, high-quality rental housing of all generations, one another, to form mixed Supporting household from the elderly to communities. those raising children. At Urban Renaissance Agency, we are promoting promoting the idea of family members living close to elderly people and those raising children, and we have Households Elderly Within the same various policies and programs aimed at encouraging people to help and keep raising children household apartment complex an eye on each other. (Kinkyowari) Program to Promote the Close Living of Family Members: Supporting Urban Development for a Longevity Society in Toyoshikidai household Kinkyowari and Kinkyowari Wide Supporting - The Initiatives of Kashiwa City, The University of Tokyo and Urban Renaissance Agency - We offer a rental discount of 5% over five years to family members of elderly people or household those raising children (or discounts to both families should they move into UR rental Housing complexes within a 2km radius Kashiwa City of Chiba Prefecture, the Institute of Gerontology The project will be implemented in the Toyoshikidai area, housing at the same time), who move into UR rental housing close to the same train (Kinkyowari) at The University of Tokyo, and Urban Renaissance Agency including the Toyoshikidai Apartment Complex currently station (within a radius of around 2 km) or into residences within an area specified by UR. Various residences within a specified area have joined forces to begin urban development in response undergoing rebuilding. It will attract community medical For households that meet certain income conditions, a 20% reduction in rent is applied. (Kinkyowari Wide) ※Conditions on households and discounts apply. to the rapid future advancement of aging in cities centers (Kashiwa City), rental housing and home medical, throughout Japan. In May 2010, the three parties agreed to nursing and care services for the elderly to the complex, Support for raising children making use of the Regional, High-Quality Regional, High-Quality Rental Housing Program launch the Aging Society Research Group ‒ Toyoshikidai creating an around-the-clock, comprehensive community Rental Housing Program“Kosodate UR (child raising discount)” Community in Kashiwa City founded on the double pillars of care system. Program To lower the burden on people raising children, we will take advantage of the Regional, propping up “realizing a comprehensive community care system” and High-Quality Rental Housing Program run by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport child-rearing “creating rewarding work for the elderly”. and Tourism to lower the rent by a maximum of 20% (up to 25,000 yen). support ※Conditions on households and discounts apply.

Young Households “Sonomama Discount,” child raising support taking advantage households raising children

of the Fixed-Term Rental Housing Program Conditions for discount Targeting eligibility are not as specific as To lower the burden on people raising children, we offer three-year fixed-term rental potential parents in the Regional, High-Quality contracts with lower rents than ordinary contracts. ※Certain conditions apply Rental Housing Program Fixed-term rental housing for young households U35 discount “Sonomama Discount” To lower the burden on young households (when the tenant is below the age of 35, UR’s original program (taking advantage of Rental housing for the elderly UR rental housing and the “Shiki-no Michi” Community medical center including students), we offer three-year fixed-term rental contracts with lower rents than the Fixed-Term Rental Housing Program) and a service center blessed with a wealth of greenery (Kashiwa Regional Liaison Medical Center) ordinary contracts. ※Certain conditions apply (Cocofump Kashiwa Toyoshikidai) (Toyoshikidai Apartment Complex)

14 15 Living Environment Field UR rental housing stock Example of collaboration with the private sector E.g., raising the value of apartment complexes in boosting the quality of products By collaborating with private businesses, we can expect the creation of new added value based on rejuvenation and reorganization through synergy between the power to plan and convey information, the brand value, and the high quality of the apartment complex living environment. To rejuvenation and reorganize UR rental housing stock as valuable assets shared by everyone in Japan, we laid down the “UR rental housing stock Making use of the power to plan and convey rejuvenation and reorganization policy” on December 26, 2007, information of private businesses and universities to clarify the course of action to be taken by 2018. ● With the full-scale approaching of an aged society with falling birthrates, We are renovating apartment complexes (MUJI x UR) by incorporating characteristics that allow “pleasant lifestyles,” as identified by a questionnaire a decline in the population and number of households, and the need to play survey carried out by MUJI, while retaining the desirable qualities of old a central role in providing a housing safety net, while responding apartment complexes. ● We are running a “Let’s live in a UR apartment flat with IKEA” project in which appropriately to changes in the social structure and business environment, renovation is carried out, including even the kitchen and color coordination, MUJI×UR Let’s live in a UR apartment flat with IKEA. we operate apartment complexes in a way that raises their value while in collaboration with IKEA. ● Students of the Kyoto Women’s University came up with a proposal for an ensuring their proper management as an incorporated administrative agency. apartment flat that they wanted to live in, based on their desire to think about the future of apartment complexes from the perspectives of young Rental housing: Around 742,000 apartment flats women and free thinking unique to students. ● Students of Nagoya City University, Nagoya Institute of Technology, and Rental facilities: Around 4,100 facilities Nagoya Gakuin University are engaging in activities in which they are, for Parking lots: Around 341,000 parking spaces example, living and working in apartment complexes to train in providing home medical and care services, and supporting the elderly in collaboration ※As of the end of March 2016 with an NPO. Kyoto Women’s University×UR Nagoya City University Community Healthcare Education Research Center

Kansai Making use of existing residential buildings by Laying down of policy for rejuvenation and area reorganization of the housing stock private businesses

The state of housing stock and tenants Kyushu In accordance with the project to rejuvenate apartment complexes, we have area Metropolitan ● Apartment flats built en masse during the period of rapid economic area begun an initiative to make use of the ideas of private businesses in repairing Chubu growth are now growing old area and rejuvenating existing residential buildings that have become vacant. ● There are fears of a decline in demand in the future as the population and ● At the Hibarigaoka Apartment Complex, a building that was repaired in number of households decrease collaboration with a private business was subleased to another business for ● Rapid aging of tenants will turn most of them into low income earners use as housing for the elderly with services. Hibarigaoka Apartment Complex Housing for the elderly with services Laying down of policy for rejuvenation and reorganization ● Deciding different measures for all apartment complexes, such as ● 100,000 apartment flats will undergo reorganizing by 2018, of which through separate management of individual Administrative Number of apartment 50,000 will be let go division flats managed apartment complexes 1 Tokyo 167,280 Assigning of apartment complex managers to allow greater Ensuring the stability of housing 2 Osaka Prefecture 112,155 freedom in product planning for current tenants 3 Chiba Prefecture 88,539 Upon ascertaining the characteristics of an apartment complex, the apartment 4 Saitama Prefecture 80,918 Government subsidy program to act as a safety net complex manager makes optimal use of on-site decisions and ideas allowing Misato Apartment Complex UR rental housing×TSUTAYA 5 Rented vegetable garden This is a measure to ensure that rejuvenation and reorganization of the housing stock Kanagawa Prefecture 73,914 greater freedom in product planning, as well as the management of PR in will not lead to destabilization of housing for current low-income tenants, such as the 6 Aichi Prefecture 52,324 advertising for tenants at each complex. elderly, by limiting the rental burden resulting from rebuilding and renovation. 7 Hyogo Prefecture 51,907 Product planning that does not adhere to traditional UR 8 Implementing the welfare project Fukuoka Prefecture 45,867 specifications We will establish community welfare centers by attracting welfare facilities to empty 9 Kyoto Prefecture 23,492 ● Improvement of housing layout based on the ideas of UR employees facilities and spaces within apartment complexes 0 Nara Prefecture 14,996 ● Providing of “DIY housing” on a trial basis, in which the tenants themselves

※As of the end of March 2016 can carry out renovations (basic types of apartment complexes) ● Adoption of car sharing using land within the apartment complex ● Rejuvenation into attractive apartment complexes through renovation work Adoption of car sharing Kura-Chic ①Apartment complex rejuvenation ②Making use of stock Execution of large-scale rejuvenation project Execution of planned renovation and barrier-free construction to change the color coordination, lighting, entrances, etc. (around 120,000 apartment ﬂats) (around 590,000 apartment ﬂats)

③Change in purpose of use ④Transfer, return, etc., of land to owner Use in new urban development Execution of land transfer, return, etc., to owner (around 10,000 apartment ﬂats) (around 20,000 apartment ﬂats)

We will carry out rejuvenation of apartment complexes in ways that will boost their attractiveness and convenience, by combining a variety of methods in accordance with the stock rejuvenation and reorganization policy, and the characteristics of the apartment complex. Asakahamazaki Residential Complex Minoh-AO Apartment Complex DIY (Value-up) housing

We will streamline operations and reduce the cost of rental housing management, Information while striving to maintain or improve the management standard of UR rental housing. ■To people searching for UR rental housing (individual customers)

● Search and choose on a first come, first served basis from among our wide range of properties extending from the center of cities to the outskirts, regardless of whether you UR rental housing management system are single or a family. The four merits of UR rental housing are that we ask for no gratuities, handling fees, contract renewal fees or a guarantor. ● We have programs to offer better value for people raising children and young households, ● We will establish housing centers to manage housing complexes within and homes to suit a variety of needs and changing lifestyles, such as those where pets are areas divided by region in order to handle inquiries from tenants. allowed, and DIY housing. ● With the exception of some apartment complexes, we have UR rental Search http://www.ur-net.go.jp/sumai/ management service offices manned by managers and “Your Mates.” Frere Nishi Kyodo Model room ● We have Emergency and Accident Centers for handling emergencies and accidents on holidays and at night. ■To people searching for UR rental housing (corporate customers)

● We ask for no gratuities, handling fees, or contract renewal fees. In some cases we do not even ask for security deposits. Moreover, contracts are the same throughout the country. Advertising for UR rental housing tenants ● Rental discount program Discounts for multiple contracts: We offer 5% discounts off the rent and security deposits ● In response to the diversification and greater sophistication of for the first five years for taking out two or more rental contracts at the same time. Furthermore, we offer 10% discounts for five or more properties. customer needs, applications for moving into UR rental housing Discounts for major lessees: Five-year discounts off the rent and security deposits may are accepted on a first come, first served basis as a general rule. apply when a corporate customer, already with multiple contracts, takes out one or more additional contracts (5% discount if the customer already rents 10 or more properties, or ● We are making more use of the Internet to convey information by 10% in the case of 30 or more properties). Frere Ojikamiya improving the search function on our website, opening a website for smartphones, and posting more photos of properties. UR company housing Search http://www.ur-net.go.jp/shataku/ ● We provide a Program to Promote the Close Living of Family Members, a Customer Introduction Program, and a discount service for corporate customers, as well as products to meet the ■To customers who wish to form a partnership various other needs of customers, such as DIY housing. with Urban Renaissance Agency

Business network for life support (support for the elderly and those raising children, and medical and community business operators) ○ Providing of information on advertisements for land, shops, etc. ○ Exchanges of opinions with registered member businesses ○ Holding of seminars and tours for registered members Maintenance and management of rental housing Sharing of latest information through e-mail magazines December 8, 2015 Members’ observation tour, Search http://www.ur-net.go.jp/seikatsu-shien/ ● In the communal areas of apartment complexes, we carry UR life support Hibarigaoka Apartment Complex out daily cleaning, plant management, and maintain and manage facilities that serve as lifelines, such as water supply facilities. ■UR commercial tenants (rented shops within apartment complexes) Inspecting the water supply Repairing of external walls using ● We carry out legal inspections, safety inspections, and facility mobile scaffolding UR commercial tenants are businesses found inside apartment complexes. We not only other such inspections. We also carry out running repairs stimulate complexes by providing useful services for residents, but we also create new added on a daily basis, and make sure vacant apartments are value by attracting facilities that can provide support to the elderly and people raising children repaired quickly. Merits and discount programs for UR commercial tenants ● We ask for no key money, gratuities, handling fees, or guarantors (although we require ● We have standards for deciding repair cycles, and judging payment of a six-month security deposit) breakdowns and aging, so that we can carry out repairs in an ● We provide free rent (for up to three months) during preparation for opening orderly manner, necessary for extending the life of buildings. ● For facilities providing support in care for the elderly and children, Work to enhance Inspection of external walls we offer rental discounts depending on the details of the business earthquake-resistance ● In the case of Challenge Space (support program for starting businesses), Ojima 6-chome we offer a further six months of free rent

Providing safe and secure living environments UR commercial tenants Search http://www.ur-net.go.jp/tenant/ while ensuring environmental friendliness

● Promoting the earthquake-resistance of UR rental housing ■To people living in UR rental housing ● Bolstering the safety measures of elevator equipment ● Invite friends and acquaintances to live in UR rental housing. (installation of, e.g., mechanism to prevent movement while the We give away delightful presents to people who successfully invite others to move in. ● For more details regarding housing, please contact the relevant management service door is open) ofﬁce or the housing center. ● Promoting the installation of latent heat recovering water heater Promenade Yabe ● Installing LED lights in communal areas ※The photo is an entry we received in the “Photo & Sketch ● Promoting the use of green curtains in cooperation with Contest of Apartment Complex Scenery.” Installing of LED lights Green curtain apartment complex associations

18 19 We will continue providing support to recovery efforts in disaster-stricken areas after the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake, and the Great Hanshin/Awaji Earthquake, Urban Renaissance Agency’s support in recovery while promoting the building of disaster-resistant cities. after the Great East Japan Earthquake

The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, caused damage on an unprecedented scale. Disaster Urban Renaissance Agency began providing support immediately after the earthquake, offering UR rental housing, land for emergency temporary housing, personnel for constructing the temporary housing, etc. This was followed by the dispatching of personnel to support the laying down of Redevelopment restoration by local governments in disaster-stricken areas. We currently have agreements with 22 local governments in disaster-stricken areas, Field and we have bolstered on-site measures to provide support in restoration.

Restoration support March 11, 2011 The Great East Japan Earthquake A total of 970 UR rental housing provided. Around 8 ha of land provided for the Personnel Personnel dispatched dispatched to support construction of emergency temporary to provide construction housing. A total of 184 technical personnel support to urban of emergency dispatched. restoration temporary housing

Emergency temporary housing April 2011 Support in laying down built in Iwaki New Town Start of dispatches to 17 30 personnel personnel Iwate Prefecture restoration plans A total of 59 technical personnel dispatched to 18 villages, towns and cities in one prefecture. July 2011 Technical support in laying down Start of dispatches to 37 personnel reconstruction plans. Miyagi Prefecture

Conclusion of agreements November 2011 Conclusion of memorandums and Start of dispatches to 59 personnel agreements with 22 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture disaster-stricken areas to promote restoration through urban development

April 2012 Conclusion of basic agreement Assignment of full-time, 172 with Fukushima Prefecture personnel Establishment of various (November 2013) on-site team systems Establishment of local offices in 12 coastal towns and cities. April 2013 Establishment of on-site 303 personnel restruction support office Laying down of project plans Laying down of project plans for individual districts upon confirming the future plans of April 2014 residents through explanatory meetings and Establishment of Head 400 Around 50 explanatory meetings personnel individual interviews. held in Onagawa-cho for around Office for Support of 1,800 right holders. Earthquake Disaster restoration Support in Sendai and Morioka Acceleration of construction work, and ensuring the completion July 2016 With construction volumes and 460 of projects one at a time. personnel project volumes at a peak, UR By March 31, 2016, transfer of land had is overhauling its systems in begun in all 22 urban restoration districts. line with project progress. The construction of 2,378 houses of Sanno Housing Complex, emergency public housing was complete. Taro District, Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture

20 Rikuzentakata City Conveyor belt 21 Disaster Redevelopment Field Restoration support map Urban reconstruction projects

Urban Renaissance Agency is carrying out restoration support work in a total of We will raise the level of embankments in disaster-stricken regions and build new urban areas on hills through 22 administrative divisions in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima Prefectures. the land readjustment project, promotion of projects to accelerate collective relocation for disaster prevention, etc. Urban Renaissance Agency has been commissioned by the local governments of disaster-stricken areas to execute entire projects, from planning to ordering construction and providing supervision.

Noda-mura Morioka City Ofﬁce for Support of Earthquake Disaster Restoration for Iwate Yamada-machi Otsuchi-cho

Miyako City Kamaishi City Ofunato City Yamada-machi Iwate Prefecture Otsuchi-cho Kamaishi City Site preparation by heavy dump trucks Conveyor belt set up for transporting large quantities of soil Rikuzentakata City Kesennuma City (Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture) (Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Prefecture) September 2015: Transport and withdrawal are complete. Ofunato City

Kesennuma City We provide public housing for people who lost their houses due to the earthquake or were forced to evacuate Minamisanriku-cho Onagawa-cho their homes because of the nuclear accident. Higashimatsushima City Urban Renaissance Agency was commissioned to build and provide houses for local governments. Minamisanriku-cho Miyagi Prefecture Ishinomaki City Shiogama City Onagawa-cho Sendai City Ofﬁce for Support of Earthquake Disaster Restoration for Miyagi and Fukushima Ishinomaki City Natori City Shiogama City Higashimatsushima City

Sakuragi District Orikasa-Atohama District, Yamada-machi, Iwate Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture (Tagajo City, Miyagi Prefecture)

Fukushima Carrying out coordination of urban restoration Prefecture Kori-machi Shinchi-machi Okuma-machi Urban Renaissance Agency has been commissioned by the local governments of disaster-stricken areas to carry out planning Sukagawa City and order construction in urban restoration by making use of experience and technological knowhow in urban development. ● Providing support to the urban redevelopment project (Sukagawa City of Fukushima Prefecture) Kagamiishi-machi Sukagawa City Iwaki City ● Providing comprehensive support to urban restoration (Noda-mura, Iwate Prefecture) ● Providing support to outsourcing of construction work for the town Iwaki City (Otsuchi-cho of Iwate Prefecture, and Kesennuma and Ishinomaki Cities of Miyagi Prefecture) ● Providing technical support to the project to purchase emergency public housing from private companies (Onagawa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture)

…Office for Support of Earthquake Disaster Restoration Accelerating recovery through Providing work and life support Carries out management of projects, designing, ordering of construction and processing of contracts. the construction management method in disaster-stricken areas …Areas where UR has established restoration support offices (12 locations) To ensure the efficient and quick execution of restoration We are implementing initiatives to not only lay down hard UR is establishing on-site offices to oversee the development of land and housing. projects by making use of the knowhow of private companies, measures, but also to attract businesses and industries, …Local governments being supported by UR in their restoration we are implementing a construction management method in rejuvenate city centers and support the establishment of Mainly carries out development of land and housing, project coordination, and provides personnel support which the work is divided into stages and the overall planning, communities. centered on the Offices for Support of Earthquake Disaster Restoration. construction and management are outsourced at once.

22 23 Disaster Redevelopment Field CASE 1 CASE 2 Integrated and comprehensive restoration support in Support in restoring Fukushima Prefecture struck collaboration with towns by a series of nuclear accidents Onagawa-cho, Miyagi Prefecture Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture

Onagawa-cho of Miyagi Prefecture is one of the most famous Iwaki City and Urban Renaissance Agency concluded an ﬁshing ports in Japan. This town of 7,000 people thrives on agreement in 2013 to implement a project for the urban aquaculture, producing seafood such as oysters and scallops. restoration of Usuiso and Toyoma Districts. Urban Renaissance Urban Renaissance Agency concluded a partnership agreement Agency also concluded a basic agreement with Fukushima with the town to execute the restoration urban development Prefecture to construct restoration public housing. We plan to project. We are supporting the integrated and comprehensive build 800 of the 1,768 houses to be built by the prefecture restoration of the entire town, including not only its center, but within the city, for evacuees from the nuclear accident. also the detached peninsula area. ●Urban reconstruction projects in Usuiso and Toyoma Districts ●Construction of restoration public housing for evacuees from the nuclear accident ●Urban reconstruction project in central Onagawa-cho and detached peninsula area (ordered by Fukushima Prefecture) ●Construction of emergency public housing in the district around the site of the former Onagawa-cho Athletic Stadium and three other districts ●Providing technical support to the project to purchase emergency public housing from private companies

Aerial photo of central Onagawa-cho Usuiso District seen from Shioyasaki Lighthouse

Conceptual drawing of CASE 3 Onagawa Future Center Camass urban development in the Onagawa Station area Emergency public housing built using locally grown timber JR Onagawa Station and Onagawa Onsen Yupoppo Work on infrastructure and land preparation is (hot-spring spa) underway around JR Onagawa Station in Otsuchi-cho, Iwate Prefecture central Onagawa-cho, including construction of Tenant-based shopping district an approximately 8m embankment, In 2012, Otsuchi-cho and Urban Renaissance Agency concluded Promenade waterworks and sewerage. Following the a basic agreement to construct emergency public housing, and opening of JR Onagawa Station in March 2015, an agreement to implement a restoration project to mutually the town’s commercial area opened in Logistics center cooperate in urban development. Ogakuchi District Emergency December with a “town opening ceremony.” Public Housing consists of traditional Japanese, wooden houses built to blend into the surrounding environment, and around 60% Community Exchange Center Memorial Park (hub facility for urban renewal) of the wood was grown locally. Moreover, the houses have open verandas, and there is a community area allowing people living there and in surrounding areas to socialize.

Damaged police box Again Station, (preserved) an interactive museum ●Urban reconstruction project in Machikata District on Onagawa’s aquaculture ●Construction of emergency public housing in Ogakuchi District and six other districts ●Support in outsourcing construction work for the town

Reference: Restoring Onagawa: Map of symbols around the station taken from Urban Development in Commercial area in front of JR Onagawa Station after Emergency public housing in Ogakuchi District (completed in August 2013) Onagawa (as of June 27, 2015) the opening ※The information contained in this reference material may be edited, and is subject to change.

Restoration support in the Great Hanshin/Awaji Earthquake Restoration support in the Niigataken Chuetsu-oki Earthquake

CASE 4 CASE 5 Urban development for greater resistance Using everything in UR’s power to a variety of disasters to support quick restoration HAT Kobe Kashiwazaki City

HAT Kobe (a new urban center), located around 2 km east of Acting on a request from Kashiwazaki City, Urban Renaissance Sannomiya in Kobe, is a project that symbolizes the Kobe City Agency visited the disaster-stricken area immediately after the Restoration Plan to recover from the earthquake. earthquake to provide support in laying down restoration plans. Urban Renaissance Agency will aim to create a safer, more We also provided support in building emergency public housing, comfortable and attractive city that bustles with activity, in an planning and designing the restoration of land, establishing effort to realize harmony between good living environments and disaster prevention centers, and land readjustment projects to various functions, by making use of our experience in disasters. contribute to quick restoration.

24 25 We strive to realize a suburban lifestyle that makes use of local characteristics through, e.g., town development projects, based on themes such as dealing with falling birthrates and an aging society, Aiming to realize a safe and comfortable living in harmony with the environment, safety and peace of mind. urban life through town development projects

To realize attractive suburban life, we will implement initiatives to boost the attractiveness of the city by making use of local characteristics, Suburban while dealing with falling birthrates and an aging society, living in harmony with the environment, Environment and ensuring safety and peace of mind in urban development. Town development projects Fields We implement town development projects based on the policies of the government and regional public organizations, with the aim of providing residential housing land and implementing planned urban development in big cities. Since the Japan Housing Corporation was founded in 1955, we have developed 281 districts covering around 42,000 ha. Moving forward, we will aim to cooperate with the private sector to meet housing needs in suburban towns, and demand for land for commercial use. We will strive for the early completion of projects to develop new towns by pushing forward with the providing and disposing of land to private businesses.

Tama New Town, Chiba New Town, Kohoku New Town, Tsukuba Express Town

In front of Koshigaya-Laketown Station

Specific park facilities

At pay facilities in national government managed parks, we provide appropriate services that meet the needs of customers, and implement safety management to ensure security and comfort.

●Hitachi Seaside Park ●Showa Kinen Park ●Kiso Sansen Park ●Yodogawa Riverside Park ●Uminonakamichi Seaside Park ●Okinawa Commemorative National Government Park

Shurijo Castle (Okinawa Commemorative National Government Park)

26 Garden City Tama Center Children’s Festival 27 Suburban Environment Fields CASE 1 CASE 2 A big project extending across Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki One of the biggest projects in the Metropolitan area Chiba New Town Tsukuba Express Town Chiba New Town is one of the biggest projects in the Metropolitan The Tsukuba Express (TX), which began operating in 2005, has 20 area, located halfway between Central Tokyo and Narita stations that gave birth to 18 new towns. Of the big 3,266 ha International Airport. It is an expansive town with a population of project extending across Tokyo and the three prefectures of around 93,000, appealing for the high standard of its living Saitama, Chiba and Ibaraki, Urban Renaissance Agency carried out environment. Located at the core of the Hokuso region, it has a development in about 1,611 ha spanning seven districts in Saitama, business center, as well as a university and government facilities. Chiba and Ibaraki. It connects directly to Central Tokyo via railroad, and there are Tsukuba Express Town is fully integrated with TX. The town spreads commercial facilities built along a national highway, making it out across areas within walking distance centered on the station, appealing for having the convenience of a city combined with a giving it good access to central Tokyo, as well as Joban Expressway wealth of nature. Furthermore, the launch of Narita SKY ACCESS for good access by car. There are commercial facilities in front of has established valuable direct access between Haneda and Narita the station for greater convenience in everyday life. The surrounding Airports. The town along the new railway line has been attracting a area is blessed with an abundance of nature, maintaining a good lot of attention as a place that is continuing to evolve and grow in balance between urban convenience and a living environment with a terms of its attractiveness and value. Tsukuba wealth of nature. Science City

Funabashi City, Inzai City and Shiroi City in Chiba Prefecture Kenkyu Gakuen Around 1,930 ha Katsuragi Nakane, Kondadai CASE 3 Kenkyu-Gakuen Tsukuba Promoting the development of a city with integrated functions that will lead the way to the future Ken-O Expressway Banpaku-Kinenkoen

Tsukuba-Chuo I.C. Tri-vert Izumi

Yatabe I.C. Tsukuba-Ushiku I.C. Tri-vert Izumi is a big city with a population of around 16,000. It Midorino Tsukuba JCT Ibaraki consists of a variety of housing, ranging from high-rise apartment Prefecture buildings to quiet houses surrounded by greenery. Hatsugano, a

Tobu Noda Line city with integrated functions that represents South Osaka, is Kinu no Sato Miraidaira located next to St. Andrew’s University and the Manabino Plaza, Tsukuba Tobu Isesaki Line making it a relaxing residential zone that fuses culture with Yawara I.C. Midorinosato greenery. On the other hand, Ayumino, located next to Kashiwa Tsukuba Express Kishiwadaizumi I.C., is a new industrial zone with state-of-the-art Hokubu Higashi Moriya Kanto Railway Joso Line technologies and urban services. Moreover, popular shopping Joban Expressway Minami-Moriya facilities, LaLaport Izumi and Costco Wholesale Izumi, were Kanto Railway Joso Line Nodamizukino-machi opened in 2014, providing a living environment for a diverse Kashiwa I.C. Kashiwa-Tanaka range of lifestyles. Saitama Nagareyama Prefecture Otakanomori

Izumi City, Osaka Prefecture Kashiwanoha-Campus Around 368 ha Nagareyama I.C. JR Musashino Line JR Joban Line Misato Chuo Nagareyama-Otakanomori Tobu Noda Line

Tokyo-Gaikan Expressway Nagareyama-Centralpark CASE 4

Misato Minami-Nagareyama JCT Yashio Nambu Chuo JR Musashino Line Establishing relaxing and prosperous living environments Misato-Chuo Zao Miharashi no Oka Chiba Yashio Prefecture (Yamagata New Town) Misato- Rokucho Minami I.C. Shuto Yamagata New Town Zao Miharashi no Oka, inhabited by around Expressway Aoi 2,400 residents, is located on a hill that spans Yamagata City and Kaminoyama City. The city aims to realize a way of life that fuses JR Joban Line, Tobu Isesaki Line Kita-Senju Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line, Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line health, welfare, culture, exchanges, nature and relaxation. Taking JR Joban Line Minami-Senju Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line advantage of the relaxing, prosperous, and outstanding living Edogawa environment blessed with a wealth of nature, there is a museum Tokyo Nakagawa Asakusa park, where children and their parents can have fun running around.

Shin-Okachimachi Toei Oedo Line Efforts are being made in collaboration with the local Yamagata

JR Yamanote Line, JR Keihin-Tohoku Line Prefecture, Yamagata City and Kaminoyama City to attract industries Akihabara JR Sobu Line, Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line and businesses. A call center with 1,000 employees and major

JR Yamanote Line foreign-afﬁliated retail stores have moved to the area, creating many jobs and contributing to the development of the region.

Kaminoyama City and Yamagata City of Yamagata Prefecture Around 260 ha

28 29 Environmental Consideration Policy

As Urban Renaissance Agency engages in urban and housing development, we laid down an Environmental Consideration Policy in 2005 to clarify the points that we need to pay attention to, and made a declaration. English name Urban Renaissance Agency (Independent Administrative Agency)

①We will create environmentally friendly cities and homes. ②We will conduct environmentally friendly business. Date of establishment July 1, 2004 Our commitments extend to: Our commitments extend to;

Act on the Urban Renaissance Agency, Independent Administrative Agency 1 Preserving and renewing urban environments. 1 Engaging in work practices that reduce the burden on the (Act No. 100 of 2003) 2 Basis laws Creating low-energy cities and homes. environment. Act on General Rules for Independent Administrative Agency 3 Using resources efﬁciently and reducing waste. 2 Communicating with the public regarding the environment. (Act No. 103 of 1999) 4 Ensuring the safety, well-being, and comfort of cities and homes. 5 Devising environmentally considerate lifestyles together with society. Competent Minister Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

Representative Masahiro NAKAJIMA, President

Capital 1.0611 trillion yen (as of the end of March 2015) Urban Renaissance Agency laid down the “UR-eco Plan 2008” to promote

2 UR-ecoPlan2014 initiatives to reduce CO emissions. Full-time personnel 3,196 (as of April 1, 2016) The new “UR-eco Plan 2014” was laid down to implement initiatives seamlessly.

1 We will implement initiatives in every field.

The plan was laid down with the aim of reducing the overall amount of CO2 emitted, U targeting all business fields including disaster restrufction work. Head Office L 5F-14F Yokohama i-land Tower, 6-50-1 Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa, JAPAN 231-8315 2 We will implement effective initiatives. D S TEL. 045-650-0111 We will play a central role as a public organization, and prioritize initiatives that are cost-effective and efficient. U Office for Support of Earthquake Disaster Restoration for Miyagi and Fukushima 3 We will implement initiatives in collaboration and cooperation with residents and private businesses. L D 7F Tobu Sendai 1st Building, 4-6-1 Tsutsujigaoka, Miyagino-ku, Sendai-city, Miyagi, JAPAN 983-0852 We will make progress in implementing countermeasures against global warming by deepening mutual understanding S TEL. 022-355-4531 for reducing CO2 emissions, cutting energy consumption, and making use of renewable energy. U Office for Support of Earthquake Disaster Restoration for Iwate L D 8F Asahiseimei Morioka-chuodori Building, 1-7-25 Chuodori, Morioka-city, Iwate, JAPAN 020-0021 Overall reduction in CO2 emissions (target): 44,000 tonnes S TEL. 019-604-3066

(overall reduction in CO2 emissions in 2018, as compared to 2005 levels) U East Japan Urban Renaissance Office L D 13F, 15F Shinjuku i-land Tower, 6-5-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 163-1313 S TEL. 03-5323-0625 ■Outline of Urban Renaissance Agency’s countermeasures against global warming U East Japan Rental Housing Office L 16F-19F Shinjuku i-land Tower, 6-5-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 163-1382 Offices ● Practical implementation of energy-savings ● Streamlining of organizations and operations D S TEL. 03-5323-2990

Construction work ● Promoting the recycling of construction by-products U [Category 1] Tokyo Metropolitan Area New Town Office Field in which Urban L 21F-22F Shinjuku i-land Tower, 6-5-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 163-1321 Renaissance Agency is D Urban Rejuvenation Living Environment Disaster Redevelopment Suburban Environment TEL. 03-3347-0411 directly involved playing a Field Field Field Field S central role in CO2 reductions. [Communal areas] U Chubu Branch Office ● Greater energy efficiency of L lighting D 1F, 3F, 6F, 7F, 11F Nishiki Chuo Building, 3-5-27 Nishiki, Naka-ku, Nagoya-city, Aichi, JAPAN 460-8484 ● Greater energy efficiency for TEL. 052-968-3333 elevators S

U ● Introduction of [Private areas] ● Introduction of ● Development of parks and West Japan Branch Office [Category 2] energy-efficient equipment ● Introduction of energy-efficient equipment green tracts of land L 1-6-85 Morinomiya, Joto-ku, Osaka-city, Osaka, JAPAN 536-8550 Field in which our active (e.g., redeveloped reserve energy-efficient equipment at emergency public housing D engagement in CO2 floor space) ● Revised energy-saving S TEL. 06-6968-1717 reductions will have a major ● Environmental consideration standards impact through in design planning U infrastructure, facilities and Kyushu Branch Office L equipment built by Urban 1F-3F, 2-2-4 Nagahama, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-city, Fukuoka, JAPAN 810-8610 Renaissance Agency. D S TEL. 092-771-4111

● Supervision of business [Communal areas] ● Implementation of initiatives ● Implementation of initiatives Lines of business: U Urban rejuvenation L Living environments D Disaster redevelopment S Suburban environments [Category 3] operators (e.g., conditions ● Implementation of initiatives in collaboration with in collaboration with Field in which Urban for land transfer) in collaboration with business business operators, etc. business operators, etc. Renaissance Agency will operators (UR power) (mega solar) ● actively promote CO2 [Private areas] Supervision of business reductions among residents ● Call to residents to operators (e.g., conditions and business operators. cooperate for land transfer)

30 ◆About the disaster restoration logo The design was based on the “okiagari koboshi” daruma doll, which keeps bouncing back no matter how many times it is knocked over, and it represents the powerful resolution “to bounce back with the power We are devoting ourselves of bonds” formed between Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima that were hit wholeheartedly to particularly hard by the disaster.

the early restoration ※The colors of the logo were chosen from the colors of the respective prefectural ﬂags of the Tohoku region (Iwate: Blue / Miyagi: Green / Fukushima: Red)

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