Japanese knotweed may no longer be a death sentence for property owners after the latest guidance suggested the plant should not make a house unsalable. The invasive weed affects millions of British ... ( read original story ...)
East Japan pref. aims to raise profile worldwide selling NFT seals for 5 local castles
NFTs prove a unit of digital data is a unique property, and have been getting ... we'd like to spread Japanese culture abroad." (Japanese original by Naomichi Senoo, Maebashi Bureau) ... ( read original story ...)
Office Building in Little Tokyo Sells for $27M
Buck Design, a creative agency, has purchased an office building in Little Tokyo for $26.5 million. The company will move into the property after some renovations are completed. Beverly Hills-based ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka Zebrahouse Tenroku
Situated right in the heart of Osaka, 1.4 km from Toyosaki Shrine, Zebrahouse Tenroku features air-conditioned accommodation with free WiFi and a TV. The property is 1.9 km from Hankyu Men's Osaka and ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re in danger of forgetting’: congressman’s warning 80 years after Japanese American incarceration
Takano’s paternal grandfather was a teenager when he arrived in the US from Japan in 1916. He worked and saved until he had enough money to marry. So-called alien land laws prevented him from buying ... ( read original story ...)
‘We’re in danger of forgetting,’ US warned, 80 years after Japanese American incarceration
Takano’s paternal grandfather was a teenager when he arrived in the US from Japan in 1916. He worked and saved until he had enough money to marry. So-called alien land laws prevented him from buying ... ( read original story ...)
‘I Was Supposed To Die There’: 80 Years On From the Creation of Japanese-American Internment Camps
We Japanese Americans lost everything, and even worse, we lost our dignity," Tomita said. The forced evacuation resulted in a total property loss estimated to be roughly $3.7 billion, and a net income ... ( read original story ...)
Campers, prefab houses enlisted to house infected in Tokyo
Campers have been rounded up and prefabricated houses placed by the Tokyo metropolitan government to isolate infected ... A communal space is also set up on the property where a large TV set and ... ( read original story ...)
My Family Lost Our Farm During Japanese Incarceration. I Went Searching for What Remains.
Japanese Americans who were forced off their land lost property worth an estimated $3.7 billion in today’s dollars, and $7.7 billion worth of income. Many of the children they imagined raising in that ... ( read original story ...)
Kyoto eyes empty homes tax to stem exodus of young people
The city of Kyoto plans to introduce a tax on empty homes and holiday houses to boost the property market amid an exodus of young ... with many people in their 20s and 30s choosing to move to Tokyo or ... ( read original story ...)
Myomo Strengthens Intellectual Property Portfolio With Receipt of Key Patent in Japan
This new Japanese patent is part of a family of patents Myomo has been issued for its MyoPro device in the United States, Europe, China and Japan. This family of patents covers a powered orthotic ... ( read original story ...)
SG’s Q Investment Partners to launch new fund to back real estate assets in Japan
Japan is Asia Pacific’s most developed multi-family market ... Separately, QIP is developing a 381-bed co-living property in the heart of Chicago, which is partially funded by a $14.5 million ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong NFT Startup Taps Japan’s Intellectual Property Trove
(Nikkei Asia) — Hong Kong blockchain startup Animoca Brands Corp. Ltd. is bringing its expertise in the booming nonfungible token market to Japan, looking to help companies turn content into digital ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Space RAN Venture – Combining Land, Air, and Space
The Japanese company had noted, “with these patents, SoftBank and its subsidiary, HAPSMobile Inc., will collectively own approximately 500 HAPS-related patents, including patents pending, further ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Sompo to use GeoX platform for property insurance
Sompo will use the Israeli company's technology to improve risk assessment and underwriting accuracy in property insurance. Israeli startup GeoX has signed a major commercial agreement for Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Sen. Mike Lee wants a land swap before designating Japanese-American camp as a historic site
A Utah senator’s decision to block the immediate creation of a historic site at a former internment camp for Japanese Americans in Colorado ... land exchange as the federal government expands its ... ( read original story ...)