Category: PROPERTY

A painted handscroll dating to the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) that is registered with the government as an important cultural property has fetched 243.9 million yen ($2.13 million) in a rare auction ... ( read original story ...)

Sometimes it is the unanswered knock of a friend or relative, sometimes an unpaid gas or water bill, but in the case of Kenji Kono the first sign of tragedy was ... ( read original story ...)

Location: Little Tokyo Service Center office. Salary: starting rate of $19.25/hr increases DOE. Hours: Full Time, Regular, Non-exempt position with benefits. Start Date: LTSC's So ... ( read original story ...)

The estate agent, in Japan, estimates that houses where natural deaths occur are reduced in price by up to 20%, whereas if a murder takes place in the property, the sale price can be halved. ( read original story ...)

Flyer is considering further scaling up its operations by the acquisition of small rival exchanges, co-founder Yuzo Kano revealed. ( read original story ...)

Six Senses Hotels Resorts Spas has revealed plans to open its first property in Japan in 2024 - Six Senses Kyoto. ( read original story ...)

International buyers find it cheaper and more practical to start from scratch in the country’s biggest ski resort ... ( read original story ...)

Six Sense Kyoto will open in the spring of 2024. The Intercontinental Hotel Group (IHG)’s luxury hotel brand will be the first appearance in Japan. ( read original story ...)

Japan's government and ruling party will consider debating next year revising the country's capital gains tax as part of efforts to address income disparities, Jiji news agency reported. ( read original story ...)

Historically the largest city and still thought to be the heart of Japan, Kyoto is famed for its Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, palaces, traditional Japanese architecture and beautiful cherry ... ( read original story ...)

Asian shares were mostly higher on Tuesday, as relief in China's property sector supported sentiment while investors also kept a close eye on a key meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese ... ( read original story ...)

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Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Monday that China's property sector woes were unlikely to trigger a global shock as the country was not saddled with huge external debt. ( read original story ...)

Small Luxury Hotels of the World (SLH) has signed its first property in Sapporo. The Chalet Ivy Jozankei is located in Sapporo’s hot spring resort town of Jozankei, on the banks of Toyohira River and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan had all the resources and potential to become a technological superpower. In 2013 we had proposed to the Japanese government the Smart Japan National Strategy, receiving no due reaction from its ... ( read original story ...)

At the corner of a red-light district in the Japanese city of Osaka stands an unlikely architectural gem: a century-old former brothel at the centre of a restoration campaign. Taiyoshi Hyakuban hasn’t ... ( read original story ...)