Editing Tower block (section)

==== Japan ====
[[File:Grace_tower01s3200.jpg|thumb|[[Okayama prefecture]] "mansions"]]

[[Housing in Japan]] includes various traits coming from different eras. The word ''[[danchi]]'' now either means an employer-provided housing or has a meaning similar to "[[Public housing|projects]]". For modern hi-rises, there are two [[wasei-eigo|borrowed]] words to make a distinction:

* "''Apaato''" (アパート）is used to describe a rather small apartment, initially made to be rented;
* a large, modern apartment would be a "''mansion''" (マンション). The "mansion" nickname is used for both residential towers and for individual condominium apartments (for being roomy, spacey enough to compare to detached houses).