Category: PROPERTY

TOKYO -- Daiwa Securities Group in October will start providing loans for real estate investments of 300 million yen ($2 million) or more in an effort to bolster its wealth management operations, ... ( read original story ...)

The Asahi Shimbun news outlet had reported at the weekend that the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), the overseeing body for Expo 2025, had asked for the pause on work at MGM Osaka during ... ( read original story ...)

The international body overseeing Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, is one of several voices calling for construction work on the MGM Osaka integrated resort (IR) with casino, to be paused during the ... ( read original story ...)

The scene is a metaphor for how Harrison takes life by the scruff of the neck and wins at everything. Tokyo Swindlers then begins by explaining the painstaking process of being a ... ( read original story ...)

Japan: Vacation home shared ownership brand NOT A HOTEL has raised 5.5 billion yen [approximately US$35 million] in a Series B funding round to roll out its major expansion plans. ( read original story ...)

Hotel Properties Limited (HPL), the property and hotel developer owned by Singapore tycoon Ong Beng Seng, on Aug 1 officially opened the Four Seasons Hotel Osaka, marking its first hospitality asset ... ( read original story ...)

Marriott has expanded its portfolio of Autograph Collection hotels in Japan with the opening of The Osaka Station Hotel, the brand's fifth property in the country and first in Osaka. The 418-room ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese currency has risen 4 per cent over the past two weeks as hedge funds rapidly cut their exposure to speculative yen short positions. Traders are guessing the majority of such bets have ... ( read original story ...)

Global property consultant CBRE reported this week that Japan's commercial real estate transaction volume for Q2 2024 decreased by 25% year-over-year to JPY 663.0 billion. ( read original story ...)

Once an immigrant hub, this vibrant downtown district is a tourist destination where a 121-year-old mochi shop co-exists with sneaker shops. ( read original story ...)

Couples in Tokyo are having a hard time affording homes with enough space for children, possibly compounding Japan's record low fertility rate. ( read original story ...)

Two legal experts explore the arrest and potential extradition of Sea Shepherd Founder and anti-whaling activist Paul Watson on a Japanese warrant from 2010. ( read original story ...)

From Raffles announcing a new location in Tokyo to Homewood Suites adding overnight oats to the free breakfast menu, here's the hotel news you missed in July. ( read original story ...)

From Dubai to Tokyo and Sydney, here are the top five luxury properties that you can add to your portfolio and call it home. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s real estate shares tumbled the most since March 2020 on concern mortgage rates will increase and sap demand after the nation’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate. ( read original story ...)

Warburg Pincus-backed ESR-LOGOS REIT has agreed to buy stakes in logistics properties in Japan and Singapore for $576 million to tap on Asia’s booming e-commerce. ( read original story ...)