Category: PROPERTY

TOKYO -- For years, Japan Inc. resisted what many investors saw as a golden opportunity. Companies big and small sat on real estate worth billions of dollars more than they had paid for it, but were ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, companies such as Exit and Albatross provide resignation services to assist employees in quitting their jobs with minimal stress. These firms manage the entire process, including notifying ... ( read original story ...)

Tourist attraction 50km from site of Fukushima nuclear plant includes world’s largest onsen and hula-dancing troupes ... ( read original story ...)

From the shiny new towers delineating the city’s skyline to the pleasure palaces of yesteryear, here are the best hotels in Tokyo today. ( read original story ...)

Over the past decade, Tokyo has softened its once-rigid stance against immigration, driven by low birthrates and an aging population. Foreigners now make up about 2% of its population of 125 million. ( read original story ...)

Students, lawyers and others filed into a classroom in a central Tokyo university for a lecture by a Chinese journalist on Taiwan and ... ( read original story ...)

Local investors Peter and Joy Bohlinger sold the complex to Tokyo-based Koto Estate Company, per The Real Deal. ( read original story ...)

U.S. law firm White & Case has launched its disputes practice in Tokyo with the addition of Shinsuke Yakura, the former head of Orrick’s office in the Japanese capital, as a partner. ( read original story ...)

On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck Tokyo with an intensity of 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7, causing widespread train and bus cancellations. ( read original story ...)

"Before, we were moving every few years, so our walls were never painted and we never hung up pictures," Lawrence Covian told BI. ( read original story ...)

Depopulation in rural areas is making antique houses called Kominka available at reasonable prices throughout Japan. American writer and food stylist Hannah Kirshner offers a great example of what it ... ( read original story ...)

Depopulation in rural areas is making antique houses called Kominka available at reasonable prices throughout Japan. American writer and food stylist Hannah Kirshner offers a great example of what it ... ( read original story ...)

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's defence ministry on Friday said it will invest in AI, automation and improving troop conditions to address a worsening recruitment shortfall that has left its forces understaffed amid a build ... ( read original story ...)

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Akiko Katayama covers Japanese food and culture. That is what Hannah Kirshner found to her surprise. We are talking about buying property. The ... ( read original story ...)

The court rejected David Yong's bid to leave Singapore for a business meeting in Japan, saying his presence was not necessary and he had access to substantial funds there. ( read original story ...)