Japan top developer discovers defects in its project

[TOKYO] Mitsui Fudosan, Japan's largest property developer by sales, reported defects in a residential complex being built by Shimizu Corp and will start repairing those parts this month, Kawasaki City said in a statement.

Shimizu last month found cracks in the concrete of some columns on the fourth floor of the building that will be 47 storeys when completed next year in Kawasaki City, the city's urban development department said in the statement on its website on Monday.

Mitsui Fudosan is the latest company to report defects at a residential building after Mitsubishi Estate said that one of its complexes in central Tokyo, built by Kajima Corp, will be scrapped and rebuilt after construction flaws were found.