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There’s a desperate need for housing, so why isn’t more being built?

Illuminated apartment buildings are pictured near the IBC/MPC media center at Tokyo International Exhibition Centre (Tokyo Big Sight) for the 2020 Olympic Games that have been postponed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Japan June 27, 2021.  REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

Apartments in Tokyo, a city that's been a paragon for YIMBYs. Image: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

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