Hotel Okura Manila, the first Okura Nikko Hotels property in the Philippines, officially opened its doors to the public today in a much-anticipated event. Corporate clients and partners attended the ... ( read original story ...)
Chotto Matte, Bruntwood and Greggs: The 14 latest North West commercial property deals
A global Japanese-Peruvian restaurant, offices used in BBC One's The Responder and a landmark shopping centre have all been involved in major North West commercial property deals in recent weeks. The ... ( read original story ...)
California activists seek to preserve church land acquired by early Japanese immigrants
The building’s windows are boarded up. Varying shades of white and unmatched paint cover graffiti and highlight cracks in the property’s exterior. This is the historic Wintersburg Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s shares set for lower open; U.S.-listed Chinese tech stocks drop overnight
Many markets are closed for the Good Friday holiday, such as Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and New Zealand. ( read original story ...)
BIDDING OPEN: Two Turnkey, 5-Star Luxury Properties in Japan Designed for Foreign Buyers are Selling to Highest Bidders
At a current ask of $4 million for each property, the residences will each sell to the highest bidders in cooperation with Fuin Holdings and Crosspath Advisors Ltd. With Japanese real estate on ... ( read original story ...)
The Mysterious Man Who Built (and Then Lost) Little Tokyo
The remarkable hidden history of Tony Yoshida, who transformed a single block in New York City, helped start the cocktail revolution — and inspired John Belushi to become a samurai. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s World-Renowned Capsule Tower Will Be Demolished
After years of disrepair, architect Kisho Kurokawa's iconic building will be disassembled one capsule at a time. ( read original story ...)
Gaw Capital Partners acquires building outside Tokyo, plans data center
Real estate private equity firm Gaw Capital Partners has acquired a building outside Tokyo, Japan it plans to turn into a data center. The company announced this week that it had acquired the Fuchu ... ( read original story ...)
Nuclear Power’s Growing Fan Base in Japan Faces a Reality Check
Voices calling for Japan to ramp up its use of nuclear power are getting louder, but a rapid return is unlikely even as the nation faces another possible energy crunch this summer. ( read original story ...)
Activists seek to secure Japanese immigrants’ ‘sacred’ land
This is the historic Wintersburg Japanese Presbyterian Church that sits on a 4.5-acre landscape This content is written and produced by Religion News Service and distributed by The Associated Press. ( read original story ...)
Gross Rental Yield in Japan
The gross annual rental income, expressed as a percentage of property purchase price. This is what a landlord can expect as return on his investment before taxes, maintenance fees and other costs. The ... ( read original story ...)
Vortex: Bringing Japanese property to new heights
It has been dictated by the absence of large-scale property of more than 10 billion Japanese yen. Those large-scale property barely exist and if they do, they are impossible to purchase for most ... ( read original story ...)
Japan real estate a safe long-term bet for investors
Japan’s real estate market can appear daunting to overseas investors, but its long-term stability and size – Tokyo is, after all, the world’s most populous city – have been attracting significant ... ( read original story ...)
Japan is in a cashless payment boom, so why is more cash ending up in lost-and-founds?
Cases of lost cash being turned in to police are on the rise in Japan, which raises the question: why is so much physical money getting lo ... ( read original story ...)
Yoon Suk-yeol in dilemma over Japan relations
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s pledge to restore relations with Tokyo appears likely to experience difficulties, with the issue of distortion of history in Japanese textbooks reemerging. Yoon ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese make property return with Kanden Realty backing Sydney site
The Osaka-headquartered Kanden Realty & Development has emerged as a backer of a $145m residential Sydney’s Rouse Hill, adding to the tide of Japanese developers in t ... ( read original story ...)