"I spent I don't know how many hours just daydreaming of living in Japan and purchasing one of these houses," Eric McAskill told Insider. ( read original story ...)
Singapore is Japan’s top property investor in 2023, report says
International investors are also attracted to Japan's low borrowing costs, and putting more money into hotels because of a post-pandemic tourism boom. ( read original story ...)
Osaka office vacancy rate stable at 3.4% in Q2
No new projects were completed during the quarter. Net absorption in Osaka’s office property market totalled 600 sqm in 2Q23, according to a JLL report. A return to normal activities in the post-COVID ... ( read original story ...)
Could you live in Japan’s zero-privacy entirely open-plan puzzle house?
Located in Fukushima-Ku ward, a residential area in the heart of Osaka, it capitalises on the compact, 128-square-metre plot with a radical 13-level design. Devoid of interior walls and doors, the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan govt nods MGM-Orix, Osaka govt deal for IR scheme
The Japan Tourism Agency – under the country’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism – said on Friday it had approved the implementation plan to develop an integrated resort (IR) in ... ( read original story ...)
Addiction Tokyo Sets Its Eyes Stateside With a Global Launch
Addiction Tokyo has created, well, quite an addiction in Japan with their makeup products. Toting “skin melt technology,” overseas the brand is known for its long-wearing eyeshadows ... ( read original story ...)
Global housing market sees reduced bubble risk, with Zurich and Tokyo exceptions
The global risk of housing bubbles has significantly decreased in 2023, with only Zurich and Tokyo remaining in the bubble risk category, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2023 ... ( read original story ...)
UPDATE 1-Japan’s Unizo Holdings chooses KKR as restructuring sponsor – Nikkei
Bankrupt Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings has selected U.S. investment fund KKR as its restructuring sponsor, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)
A millennial dad of 2 bought an abandoned home in Japan for $23,600. He says restoring it is easier than expected.
Eric McAskill says that he hasn't been to the grocery store in two weeks, because his neighbors have been sharing their harvests with his family. ( read original story ...)
Kitasenju tops ranking of Tokyo region areas most attractive to live for women
Women find the Kitasenju neighborhood of the Japanese capital's Adachi Ward the most desirable place to live across the entire Tokyo region, ・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
PERILS says gains ILW trigger traction in Japan, lowers typhoon Nanmadol estimate
In finalising the insurance and reinsurance industry loss estimate for Japanese typhoon Nanmadol, which struck the country in September 2022, catastrophe ... ( read original story ...)
This 115-year-old Japanese prison straight out of a dystopian movie is being turned into a luxury hotel with 48 rooms
A Japanese resort company is converting an iconic former prison into a 48-room luxury hotel. The Former Nara Prison, built in 1908 and designated a cultural property in Japan in 2017, is to be ... ( read original story ...)
China’s economy could end up in ‘Japanese style’ stagnation, economist says
Shigeto Nagai, head of Japan at Oxford Economics, says that could happen if the current conditions in the property market continue. ( read original story ...)
China’s property crisis weighs on developing Asia’s 2023 growth outlook – ADB
Economic growth in developing Asia this year will be slightly lower than previously expected as the weakness in China's property sector and El Niño-related risks cloud regional prospects, the Asian ... ( read original story ...)
The very best luxury hotels in Tokyo
From glamorous hotspots and sky-high suites to boutique gems, these are the places to stay in the Japanese capital Tokyo is Japan 's biggest city, and indeed, by population, the largest in the world. ( read original story ...)
One in ten in Japan over the age of 80 for the first time ever
Roughly one in 10 people in Japan is over 80 for the first time, new figures have revealed. The country is wresstling with an aging average population with 29% of the population over the age of 65, ... ( read original story ...)