Dozens of homeless people have been forced to move after the city of L.A. announced it will clear an encampment at Little Tokyo's Toriumi Plaza. ( read original story ...)
Kooky fantasy retreat has fairytale castle, Gaudi-inspired sculpture and Japanese Zen pond
A bizarre ‘fantasy’ estate featuring a fairytale castle, Gaudi-inspired sculpture and Japanese ‘Zen’ pond is raising eyebrows on the country market. ( read original story ...)
What are our legal remedies if next door’s Japanese knotweed spreads?
Q There is Japanese knotweed next door to the house we are buying. It hasn’t yet affected our property. What are our legal remedies if it spreads? A Japanese kn ... ( read original story ...)
LA to clear homeless encampment in Little Tokyo, sparking mixed reactions within the community
The city of L.A. will close and fence off a Little Tokyo plaza that has become the site of a large homeless encampment during the pandemic, but the plan has drawn protests from some local homeless ... ( read original story ...)
Japan vs Singapore: Why Japan’s zoning laws make sense and what we can learn
It’s no surprise that space constraints are a major factor in Singapore. However, Japan — while admittedly bigger — often has the same issues, with most of the country consisting of islands. And as ... ( read original story ...)
Overview of St. Elmo Project — Rental Housing Development Project in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.: Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd., based in Osaka, Japan, is pleased to announce the start of construction on the St. Elmo Project from March 7, 2022. This will be a rental housing development 22 stories ... ( read original story ...)
Q1 large losses rise on Japan quake, but no cat bond defaults expected
Yesterday's significant earthquake in Japan is likely to increase an already relatively heavy first-quarter of catastrophe and other large losses for the ... ( read original story ...)
UBS Asset Management to sell its holding in its Japanese real estate joint venture, Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc to KKR
The transaction concludes the successful 20-year joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets business in JapanUBS expects to record a gain in ... ( read original story ...)
West Japan teacher suspended after ‘impulsively’ using colleague’s toothbrush 20 times
A 51-year-old teacher at a public junior high school in the western Japan city of Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, has been handed a three-m ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s 2021 industrial net absorption almost reaches pre-COVID levels
Net absorption hit over 1.9m sqm in 2021. Net absorption in Tokyo’s industrial property sector reached 771,000 sqm in 4Q21, bringing the full-year totals to more than 1,984,000 sqm. This is almost in ... ( read original story ...)
Strong magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits north-east Japan
The quake hit off the coast of Japan, 89km from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, putting residents on high alert. ( read original story ...)
Moderna and the Japanese Government Reach an Agreement to Supply Japan with Additional 70 Million Doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 Booster Vaccine
CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESSWIRE / March 16, 2022 / Moderna, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRNA), a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and ... ( read original story ...)
Live updates: Japan cranks up its trade sanctions on Russia
TOKYO — Japan’s prime minister says his country will revoke Russia’s “most favored nation” trade status over its invasion of Ukraine, as Tokyo steps up sanctions ... ( read original story ...)
For one Japanese salaryman, nearly a decade of $4 annual pay rises
A businessman walks at an office building in Tokyo, Japan January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Issei Kato ... ( read original story ...)
Beating Japan at Its Own (Video) Game: A Smash Hit From China
Genshin Impact, a nearly picture-perfect reproduction of Japanese fantasy role-playing games, has raked in billions of dollars and sent shock waves through the world’s aging video game superpower. ( read original story ...)
Why It’s Almost Impossible to Lose Anything in Japan
Japan's lost and found system is legendarily good -- millions of items are turned into local police stations by residents every ... ( read original story ...)