Where to stay in Tokyo, since your hotel or Airbnb will more than likely dictate your travel experience. Tokyo’s hotel scene is as diverse as the city itself, which is a place of dizzying contrasts: ... ( read original story ...)
Court sides with Japanese firm in cross-border patent infringement suit
Dwango asked the Tokyo District Court to order FC2 to stop distributing videos and pay damages. But the court ruled that FC2 was not violating the patent because its servers are located in the United ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese actor found semi-conscious in room next to dead parents
A leading Japanese Kabuki actor was found semi-conscious at home following a suspected suicide pact that left both his parents dead. Ichikawa Ennosuke’s manager discovered the 47-year-old in a ... ( read original story ...)
Mapletree Industrial Trust buys Osaka data centre for $503.8m, to raise $200m via new units
The trsust will be financing part of the acquisition cost through a private placement. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
My mortgage was refused due to Japanese knotweed that wasn’t even on my property – there’s a law I had no idea about
“In 2017 I bought a house and didn’t get a survey,” she wrote. “That property had Japanese knotweed within 7m of the boundary (not on property) and the lender later refused my mortgage renewal.” Lisa ... ( read original story ...)
Mini-theaters offer fun places for get-togethers
Last year’s closures of Iwanami Hall in Tokyo’s Jimbocho district and Theatre Umeda in ... renovated a wooden building designated as a registered tangible cultural property and opened the theater. He ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese Stocks Shed All Gains for the Year to Dip Into Red
Whereas the stock markets in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have performed extremely well in 2023, Chinese markets are suffering from geopolitics and a whole host of uncertainties. ( read original story ...)
US money market fund assets hit record highs despite debt-ceiling fears
A picture illustration shows U.S. 100 dollar bank notes taken in Tokyo August 2, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Photo ... ( read original story ...)
Wim Wenders’ Classic Rock-Infused ‘Perfect Days’ Has Buyers Circling in Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)
Wim Wenders’ “Perfect Days” is a hot property in Cannes, and it’s yet to even premiere. Several buyers are currently circling the Japan-set, music-infused title from master filmmaker Wenders, ... ( read original story ...)
Close to Disney and perfect for points: My stay at the Hilton Tokyo Bay
An in-depth look into what to expect from the rooms, dining options and customer service. Plus, how to get a room with the best view and the easiest way to book Tokyo Disney tickets. ( read original story ...)
Japanese make property return as Daibiru backs city office development
Don't miss out on the headlines from Business. Followed categories will be added to My News. Big Japanese companies have returned to Australian property in force after suffering heavy losses as the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan sees rise in extralegal sales of religious corporations for tax breaks
TOKYO -- Religious corporations in Japan are being openly sold ... Religious corporations are exempted of corporate taxes and fixed property tax for their temple and shrine grounds. Income from ... ( read original story ...)
Academics weigh in on how BOJ’s Ueda can exit easy policy
As inflation has run past the Bank of Japan's 2 per cent target, governor Kazuo Ueda has had no shortage of advice from fellow academics on how best to communicate the future path of monetary policy ... ( read original story ...)
A cheap 4LDK apartment is now a “millionaire’s condominium! Harumi Flag, the former site of the Olympic Village, is being sold one after another.
The rooms of Harumi Flag, a large-scale residence in Chuo Ward, Tokyo, which was used as an athletes' village for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, are being resold one after another. Harumi Flag, ... ( read original story ...)
AI will test faith in democracy, Tokyo warns
Visitors to a Tokyo trade show in March try out an AI-powered customer ... protection of intellectual property rights and security. According to people familiar with the document, the draft of the ... ( read original story ...)
Laughing out loud at the property tax for our ridiculously cheap Japanese country house【SoraHouse】
With the winter chill now completely gone, though, we’re looking forward to heading back up to the SoraHouse and continuing the various projects necessary to make it a home. But before we’ve had a ... ( read original story ...)