China has restricted smaller cities in the country from building "super high-rise buildings", as part of a larger bid to crack down on vanity projects. The country is home to some of the world's ...

At approximately 2:46 pm on December 11, a powerful explosion occurred in a high-rise residential building ... The affected apartment's balcony and interior were destroyed, triggering a fire.

The "tower mansions," or high-rise apartments in Kobe's Sannomiya district, are nearly finished. They will also be the last of their kind, as the city has effectively banned the construction of ...