Category: PROPERTY

The global risk of housing bubbles has significantly decreased in 2023, with only Zurich and Tokyo remaining in the bubble risk category, according to the UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2023 ... ( read original story ...)

Bankrupt Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings has selected U.S. investment fund KKR as its restructuring sponsor, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Eric McAskill says that he hasn't been to the grocery store in two weeks, because his neighbors have been sharing their harvests with his family. ( read original story ...)

Women find the Kitasenju neighborhood of the Japanese capital's Adachi Ward the most desirable place to live across the entire Tokyo region, ･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

In finalising the insurance and reinsurance industry loss estimate for Japanese typhoon Nanmadol, which struck the country in September 2022, catastrophe ... ( read original story ...)

A Japanese resort company is converting an iconic former prison into a 48-room luxury hotel. The Former Nara Prison, built in 1908 and designated a cultural property in Japan in 2017, is to be ... ( read original story ...)

Shigeto Nagai, head of Japan at Oxford Economics, says that could happen if the current conditions in the property market continue. ( read original story ...)

Economic growth in developing Asia this year will be slightly lower than previously expected as the weakness in China's property sector and El Niño-related risks cloud regional prospects, the Asian ... ( read original story ...)

From glamorous hotspots and sky-high suites to boutique gems, these are the places to stay in the Japanese capital Tokyo is Japan 's biggest city, and indeed, by population, the largest in the world. ( read original story ...)

Roughly one in 10 people in Japan is over 80 for the first time, new figures have revealed. The country is wresstling with an aging average population with 29% of the population over the age of 65, ... ( read original story ...)

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares slipped 0.3%. Japan's Nikkei tumbled 1.1% under the weight of big losses for chip-related stocks including Tokyo Electron and Advantest. Japanese markets ... ( read original story ...)

There has been a shortage of new capital entering the market due to rising interest rates. The majority of Japan’s non-life insurance companies (including cooperatives and Small Amount and Short Term ... ( read original story ...)

Hoshinoya Nara Prison’s guests’ stays will be shorter and more comfortable than Nara Prison’s occupants’ were. ( read original story ...)

U.S. automaker stocks proved resilient after members of the United Auto Workers union walked off the job at several plants overnight. Ford slipped 0.1% and General Motors rose 0.9%. Shares in ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 1.0% to 17,996.74. In Seoul, the Kospi fell 0.4% to 2,574.72. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 shed 0.7% to 7,230.40. On Friday, Wall Street benchmarks fell, with technology ... ( read original story ...)

Armed with years of expertise in the Japanese property market, FMI is hosting a Japan Expo at Shangri-la Singapore on Sunday, Sept 24.For close to a decade, FM Investment (FMI) has been a leading ... ( read original story ...)