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Workers teeter and toil on a giant gamble: the Yokohama convention center. While vacancy rates are high in some areas, falling land prices and government subsidies are fueling a construction boom. Years of lavish government spending on public works have saddled Japan with the industrialized world's biggest national debt.
Author: Michael Yamashita
©Michael Yamashita
Photo size: 34.6 Mpixels (99.1 MB uncompressed) - 7189x4819 pixels (24x16.1 in / 60.9x40.8 cm at 300 ppi)
Photo keywords: Japan, Tokyo, Nippon, city, Tokyo Bay, urbanization, urbanisation, growth, population, boom, megalopolis, public, works, debt, roof