Wooden high-rise boosts Japan’s timber ambitions

Port Plus is a fully wooden-framed, fire-resistant high-rise outside Tokyo.Source: Obayashi Corp.

TOKYO: Less than an hour by train from central Tokyo, on a narrow tree-lined street hemmed with convenience stores, a ramen shop and a hostess club, stands a building unlike any other in Japan.

The structure is a fully wooden-framed, fire-resistant high-rise.