Asia Pacific Town-Building Assistance Consortium

Message from the Chairperson
We originally named the Crowded House Area Arranging Realization
Conference has been working for more than 20 years to build disaster-resistant,resident-friendly communities. The Conference brought together specialists of all
kinds—realtors, builders, architects, lawyers, judicial scriveners, accountants, tax
accountants, property appraisers, and others—who, working as a team to support
urban development, achieved tangible results, which would not have been possible
for one private sector company to accomplish on its own.
While, in the past, we focused on urban development, we sees Japan’s aging
population and low birthrate as posing serious problems that we feel we can help
address. The country is already experiencing a severe labor shortage, which
threatens the sustainability of Japan’s economic and social infrastructure. Efforts
are being made to counter the declining birthrate by improving the child-rearing
environment. In the interim, in order to stem the declining labor shortage, themandatory retirement age has been extended to allow senior employees to continue
to be part of the workforce. The government has also created a new visa category
for workers with specific skills to attract more people from other countries.
Under these circumstances, we decided that our team, utilizing its strengths, should also focus on human resource
development, which is why we changed our name to the Asia Pacific Town-Building Assistance Consortium (APTAC).
We aim to support to develop people from other countries, not simply as a labor force, but we want to nurture
workers who want to live, work, and actively participate in Japanese society, Specifically. to achieve a tangible
outcome, APTAC has been supporting a project of the Philippines Arayat Training School (PATS),in Tabuan, Arayat City, Pampanga Province, Philippines. PATS is a vocational training school whose aim is tofacilitate the development of students who will be able to smoothly adjust to living and working in Japan.
Together with our member companies, we will continue working on our two projects of urban development andhuman resource development.

Chairperson, Asia Pacific Town-Building Assistance Consortium Akihiro Shimoda

University of Tokyo, Bachelor of Agriculture (Major in Landscape Architecture)
Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)
President, Design and Management Inc.
Former Professor, Department of Urban Design and Planning, School of Architecture, Kogakuin University, Tokyo

Overview
Name

Asia Pacific Town-Building Assistance Consortium（Former name: Crowded House Area Arranging Realization Conference）

NPO corporation certified by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government（Corporate No. 215）
Established

October 1999

Address

Le Cinq IRIS Tower 1F
3-19-4 Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Representative

Akihiro Shimoda

Tel.

+81-3-3735-7922

Fax.

+81-3-3735-7822

Inquiries directed tocontact@aptac.asia
ー1ーHistory

October 1999

Established in October 1999 as the Crowded House Area
Arranging Realization Conference with the aim of promoting
urban development of areas of dense wood housing based on
the lessons learned from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
occurred in January 1995.
Activities of the Conference commenced with Mr. Takasuke
Watanabe, Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology assuming
the position of Chief Advisor, Mr. Makoto Ishii,
Managing Director of Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm,
Inc. assuming the position of Chairperson, and Mr. Fumio Tamura,
Senior Director of Masuda-gumi Koumuten Co., Ltd. (current IRIS
Corporation) assuming the position of Senior Managing Director.
(The titles of each of the persons are referred to using the then-current ones.)Have promoted the activities of project consolidation and redevelopment projects for the areas of dense housing
mainly in Ota City, Tokyo, and engaged in the reconstruction projects, which yielded successful outcome in ashort-term, drawing on measures under the Act on Facilitation of Reconstruction of Condominiums in response torequests from the Ota City Government of Tokyo and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
for consultation for the reconstruction of condominiums for which anti-seismic structural strength calculations
were faked, which caused the safety myth of housing to collapse.

2005

Took over and promoted the “operation to promote
infrastructure development of welfare facilities for nursing andmedical care of elderly persons and persons with disabilities”
upon the request from the NPO Nursing Care Infrastructure
Development Association.
Have constructed welfare facilities with more than 1,000 beds
so far.

December 2018

The momentum for promoting supporting projects such as urban
development in the Asian countries had increased within the
Conference due in part to the fact that several members were
undertaking non-profit making activities in those countries.
Accordingly, the name of the Conference was changed to the “Asia
Pacific Town-Building Assistance Consortium” in December 2018.
Added to the line of business were “(1) international cooperation
activities and (2) activities to support development of vocational
abilities and enhancement of employment opportunities.”

July 2022

Philippines Arayat Training School (PATS), a vocational training
school supported by APTAC as its overseas business, opened in
Santo Niño Tabuan, Arayat-city, Pampanga-province, Philippines(Pre-opening).
The project of training of Japanese language education andbasic technical skills has been launched in order to provide
young Filipinos with opportunities to work for APTAC member
companies.

ー2ーActivity Report

Project in Japan ・コンサルティングして推進。
宅地区の共同建替えを企画● Redevelopment projects for the areas of dense wood housing

We provided planning and consulting services and promoted joint rebuilding in areas of dense wood housing, primarily in Ota City, Tokyo.

Iris Ichibankan
Address

Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors B1・11F / 6,540.54㎡/ Total Floor Space / Seismic isolation structure

Site Area
Property Type

1,790.92㎡
residence 80 units, retail 6 units

Le Cinq Iris Tower
Address

Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
B1・20F / 22,675.06㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Type3,348.52㎡
residence 207 units, office 1 unit

CosmoVita Kamata Iris Square
Address

Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
B1・12F / 2,486.69㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Type523.77㎡
residence 42 units, clinic 1 unit

Initia Kamata Iris Fort
Address

Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
15F / 3,950.00㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Type525.81㎡
residence 48 units, retail 1 unit

Initia Omori
Address

Omorikita, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
12F / 3,932.22㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Type

658.05㎡
residence 48 units

The Residence Kamata Iris Court
Address

Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
12F / 4,997.43㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Type

1,087.87㎡
residence 82 units● Reconstruction of condominiums
We were requested by the Ota City Government of Tokyo, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport andTourism to act as consultants for the reconstruction of condominiums for which anti-seismic structural strength calculations were faked, which caused
the safety myth of housing to collapse. This was the first such case of its kind under the Act on Facilitation of Reconstruction of Condominiums (nowthe Condominium Reconstruction Law) and served as a model case for other similar rebuilding projects.

Primavera Ikegami
Address

Ikegami, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
9F / 2,833.01㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Typeー3ー

911.03㎡
residence 25 units, retail 1 unit

● Welfare facilities for seniors and others

At the request of the Nursing Care Infrastructure Development Association, we took over and promoted the “operation to promote infrastructuredevelopment of facilities for nursing and medical care of elderly persons and persons with disabilities”. Up to now, we have helped build welfare
facilities with over 1,000 beds.

Nursing home for the elderly Omori Heiwanosato
Address

Omorihoncho, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
B1・4F / 4,422.83㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area

1,817.53㎡

Property Type100 units

Complex nursing facilities Santafe Garden Hills
Address

Higashi Kojiya, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Site Area

8,220.68㎡

Property Type

Number of Floors
B1・10F / 16,332.17㎡/ Total Floor Spacenursing room 320 units, daycare for the elderly and thehandicapped● Light manufacturing clusters

Working together with the Ota City Government, we acted as a consultant to construct privately established and operated light manufacturing
clusters (facilities consolidating neighborhood small factories into single buildings), which were formerly publicly established and operated. We
contributed to the monozukuri (manufacturing) industry in Ota City with this model project for next-generation monozukuri facilities.

OTA Techno CORE
Address

Higashi Kojiya, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
4F / 9,500.00㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Type4,257.068㎡
33 units● Schools, hotels

We provided planning and consulting services for projects to build schools and hotels in response to local requests for facilities to enliven their neighborhoods.

Tokyo Seishin Culinary School
Address

Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
8F / 4,472.00㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area

1,089.42㎡

Property TypeSchoolSite Area

872.79㎡

Property Type148 units

Hotel ROUTE-INN Tokyo Kamata
Address

Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
10F / 3,334.91㎡/ Total Floor Space● Urban Redevelopment Projects

We acted as a consultant for landowners, held meetings with the redevelopment group and provided advice, etc. to landowners.

Ark Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower
Address

Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
B4・47F / 143,426.23㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Type

15,367.75㎡
retail, residence, office

Toranomon Azabudai Project
Address

Toranomon, Azabudai andRoppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

Number of Floors
860,400㎡/ Total Floor Space

Site Area
Property Typeー4ー63,900㎡
residence, office, retail,hotel, school, hallProject in the Philippines● Support for Project of Vocational Training School in the Philippines
APTAC has been supporting the project of "Philippines Arayat Training School (PATS)"in Santo Niño Tabuan, Arayat-city, Pampanga-province, Philippines, which is thevocational training school for students to work in Japan.
PATS provides young Filipinos with opportunities of one-year training of Japanese
language and basic technical skill, etc. PATS also supports students in acquiring"Specified Skilled Worker No.1” visa and the working visa (Engineer/Specialist in
Humanities/International Services) and provides them with opportunities to work
for a member company of APTAC.
PATS is located on a vast site of about 5.2 ha, and currently the buildings andfacilities such as 1st school building, practice building, basketball court and guest
house have completed. And in collaboration with the administrative agency in thePhilippines, local high schools and local communities, PATS opened (pre-open) in
July 2022 and started its training.

Philippine
Sea
South China
Sea

Luzon island

Santo Niño Tabuan

Province of Arayat
Pampanga

Manilathe Philippines

The facade of the 1st School Building
Photo by Mr. Fumio Tamuraー5ーBoard Members
Supreme Advisor

Makoto Ishii / Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm, Inc.

Chairperson

Akihiro Shimoda / Design and Management Inc.

Vice Chairperson

Fumio Tamura / IRIS Corporation

Senior Managing Director

Kaoru Matsuoka / Town Building Association Corporation

Standing Director

Aizou Murakami / Kioi general law officeStanding Director

Hiroshi Yonezu / Pro Five Consultants Corporation

Standing Director

Minoru Nishino / NIINO KENSETSU, inc.

Standing Director

Masayoshi Odaka / Wizardz International Law OfficeDirector

Yasuo Morikawa / SOHMA LEGAL DOCUMENTATION OFFICE

Director

Masahiro Kanno / Kan architect officeDirector

Kyosuke Sato / TAKENAKA CORPORATION

Director

Keiji Harima / UR Linkage Co., Ltd.

Director

Nobuhiro Iida / Kandenko Co., Ltd.

Director

Kouji Kashiwagi / Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.

Director

Masatsugu Matsuzaki / Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.

Director

Hideki Uno / K. K. Crown Advisors

Director

Takahide Iwasaki / Japan Property Solutions Co., Ltd.

Director

Yoshihiro Oiso / NIPPO CORPORATION

Director

Satoshi Nakamura / Mori Building Co., Ltd.

Director

Shigeyoshi Mori / Shinwa Shoko Co., Ltd.

Director

Kosuke Ishii / Sustainable Tax Accountant OfficeDirector

Akira Hagiwara / PTC Japan Ltd.

Director（Secretary General） Mitsumasa Kouno / SOCIATRUST Co., Ltd.
Auditing Director

Choichi Yamazaki / Mirai Co., Ltd.

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Members
IRIS Corporation
Ae-r Administrative Scrivener Office
AQUAWOODS Co., Ltd.
Ishimoto Architectural & Engineering Firm, Inc.
Ito Construction Co., Ltd.
IMU Urban Development Co., Ltd.
Wizardz International Law OfficeWill Co., Ltd.
S-TEC service Co., Ltd.
Area Partners Co., Ltd.
Yell Create Co., Ltd.
Oka Takashi Administrative Law Office
Gakurinsha Co., Ltd.
Kamizono Construction Co., Ltd.
Barber YANBO
Kan architect officeKandenko Co., Ltd.
Kanden Realty & Development Co., Ltd.
Kioi general law office
Capitalhouse Inc.
Kyudenko Corporation Tokyo Head Office
KINDEN CORPORATION Tokyo Branch
K. K. Crown Advisors
Global Symbiotic Society Promotion Organization
Institute of Global Business Strategies
Susumu Kuwaki（Doctor）
K. I. CONSULTANTS
Kenko Architects
Kokudo Appraisal Institute, Inc.
Cosmos Initia Co., Ltd.
Land Surveyor Yoshio Kobayashi Office
Colliers International Japan KK
COMPASSO Tax Accountant Corporation
Tokyo Nerima Office
Savills Japan Co., Ltd.
Sagrada Co., Ltd.
Sustainable Tax Accountant Corporation
WATANABE SATO CO., LTD.
Santo Real Estate Appraisal Office
SHIMIZU CORPORATIONCBRE Investment Management Japan
Social welfare corporation Silver Wing
SHINSAMPEI CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
Shinwa Shoko Co., Ltd.
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd.
SOHMA LEGAL DOCUMENTATION OFFICESOCIATRUST Co., Ltd.

Daisou Co., Ltd.
DAITOH ELECTRIC CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD.
Kanagawa Head Office
Dai Nippon Construction
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd. Tokyo Head Office
DAIWA LIFENEXT CO., LTD
Takamatsu Corporation Co., Ltd.
TAKT Plan Tokyo Architect Office Tokyo co., LTD.
TAKENAKA CORPORATION
Tanaka Construction Industry Co., Ltd.
Tanaka Shokai Co., LTD.
Design and Management Inc.
TOA CORPORATION East Japan Office
TOA ROAD CORPORATION
Nice Corporation
NIINO KENSETSU, inc.
NIPPO CORPORATION
Japan Automobile Distribution Systems, Inc.
Misako Yasuda（Nippon Life Insurance Company）
Nozawa Co., Ltd.
Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
PTC Japan Ltd.
Fido Inc.
Fujita Corporation East Japan Branch
Fujimura Co., Ltd.
BRAIN TRUST SENIOR REGISTERED ARCHITECTS AND
ENGINEERING OFFICE INC.
Japan Property Solutions Co., Ltd.
Pro Five Consultants Corporation
Town Building Association Corporation
Matsui Kensetsu K. K. Tokyo Branch
Marue Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Mitsui Fudosan Residential Co., Ltd.
Mitsugi Kensetsu Kougyou
Mitsubishi Estate Residence Co., Ltd.
MITSUYOSHI ELECTRIC ENGINEERING CO., LTD
Minorasu Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Miraiz International Administrative Scrivener OfficeMevius Works Co., LTD.
Mori Building Co., Ltd.
UR Linkage Co., LTD.
Yuki Construction. Co., LTD.
Yuken Koumuten Co., Ltd.
Ryoto Co., Ltd.
Wakamatsu Estate Co., Ltd.
89 members, as of March 31, 2023