When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, the first thing Hidekazu Tamura, a Japanese American living in California, thought was, “I’ll be killed at the hands of my fellow ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Property rights index
A subcomponent of the Index of Economic Freedom, the property rights index measures the degree to which a countrys laws protect private property rights, and the degree to which its government enforces ... ( read original story ...)
Japan must avoid rise in property tax for commercial land: LDP exec
Japan must avoid any increase in property tax for commercial land as the coronavirus pandemic is hurting many companies, Akira Amari, head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s tax panel, was ... ( read original story ...)
Now Open: The All-New Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi Soars Above the City, Offering Guests a Haven of Style, Luxury and Wellbeing
Rising above Tokyo's oldest neighbourhood and just steps away to the Imperial Palace, the all-new, thoroughly modern Four Seasons Hotel Tokyo at Otemachi is now open. ( read original story ...)
Japanese Deals Help APAC Apartment Investments Triple in 2020 1H
Major acquisitions by Blackstone, Allianz Insurance, and AXA helped Japan tally $4.9 billion in rental apartment deals in 2020. ( read original story ...)
ESR Leases Entire 78,119 SQM Greater Tokyo Warehouse to Daiwa
ESR has leased an entire four-storey warehouse project near Tokyo to a logistics division of Japanese industrial group Daiwa. ( read original story ...)
Allianz Buying Tokyo Apartment Portfolio for $160M
Allianz Real Estate has agreed to spend $160 million to add to its portfolio of Japanese apartments on behalf of its APREAP Core 1 Fund. ( read original story ...)
A-List Actors Hotly Sought After For Japanese Car Commercials
By using a big-name talent, the car is made to look cool and appealing and viewers associate the actor with the product. ( read original story ...)
Tennis Pauses to Protest
Police misconduct is a legitimate problem that deserves scrutiny, but somehow I don’t think tennis players from Belgium, Belarus, Canada, Serbia, Greece, Spain, and the U.K. are going to solve the ... ( read original story ...)
American Actors Hotly Sought After For Japanese Car Commercials
By using a big-name talent, the car is made to look cool and appealing and viewers associate the actor with the product. ( read original story ...)
Cryptocurrency news from Japan: Aug. 23 – Aug. 28 in review
"I think Satoshi's dream is more meaningful today," Himino said on Aug. 25, closing out the two-day summit. The leader touched on a bevy of points during his speech, including the aspect of trust in ... ( read original story ...)
Critics slam Japan PM Abe for dodging accountability over scandals with exit decision
People raising questions over a series of favoritism scandals linked to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, have expressed anger and frustration over his Aug. ( read original story ...)
7 scariest Asian horror films, from Ring to The Wailing, Japan to Korea – get into the Hungry Ghost Festival spirit
Hungry Ghost Festival is when much of Asia believes that ghosts and spirits emerge from the underworld, so what better occasion to sit down with a classic regional horror film? ( read original story ...)
The Japanese House of Victorian Flatbush-Ditmas Park, Brooklyn
The Japanese House in Flatbush, Brooklyn was built in 1903 by the firm Kirby, Petit, & Green in an effort to attract wealthy New Yorkers. ( read original story ...)
Property investors remain confident that recovery is only month away
Even though deal volumes in Asia Pacific contracted 32 per cent because of how the impact of COVID-19 was felt on investment markets, property investors remain confident that a recovery is only months ... ( read original story ...)
Bold and Brave Hotel Debuts In The Time Of COVID-19
In the wake of that locked down debut, pent-up domestic demand for travel in the wake of COVID-19 surged onto the resort’s shores. Fourteen thousand individual guests stayed in June and more than ... ( read original story ...)