Category: PROPERTY

Members of the RCEP initiative, launched in 2013, however still struggle with issues including tariffs, trade in services and investment rules, as well as protection for intellectual property rights. Japan is also cautious about China’s influence. ( read original story ...)

Home to 9.5 million, Tokyo apparently is an exemplar "for showing that big cities don't have to be harsh and impersonal." Munich’s property prices are some of the highest in Europe. The city ranked eighth in Knight Frank’s Global Residential Cities ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s stiffer home-sharing controls have dampened Japanese home sales among Hong Kong buyers who are increasingly investing in the country’s properties to operate shared lodging services. The new rules have also forced the world’s largest home ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Hotel Okura said Monday that its flagship Tokyo property will reopen in early September 2019, as competition intensifies for customers seeking luxury accommodations. The new facility, originally set to open next spring, will begin operations in ... ( read original story ...)

A total of 508 luxury rooms will be available in two buildings on the spacious central-Tokyo Okura property, about half of which will be covered with lush gardens and greenery. Advanced reservations for individuals will be accepted from April 2019 ... ( read original story ...)

Real estate investment group LaSalle has acquired the Hotel Ibis Styles Tokyo Bay in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture in Japan for an undisclosed sum. The new-build 216-guestroom property, managed by AccorHotels Group, is scheduled to open on July 2. ( read original story ...)

BOSTON--(Business Wire)--Anaqua, Inc., a leading provider of innovation and intellectual property (IP) management solutions, today announced that Tokyo Electron（TEL） has selected ANAQUA 9 software as a complete IP management solution for its patents ... ( read original story ...)

Trade officials from 16 Asia-Pacific countries are gathering in Tokyo to discuss the Regional Comprehensive ... including tariff reductions as well as rules on intellectual property, and E-commerce. Japan and Australia want higher levels of tariff ... ( read original story ...)

And it's an indispensable service to offer. Indeed, if they didn't, you'd be tempted to never leave the property's comforting clutches. While many hotels in Tokyo work hard to provide a sense of relief from the frenetic pace of life in the world's biggest ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have re-arrested a ... Between December and March, he repeatedly visited the property of Kikuchi, attempting to reach her through the intercom. After the stalking started, the agency of Kikuchi contacted police. ( read original story ...)

A strong earthquake in Osaka this week has not only rattled Japan’s second-largest city, but also shaken Hong Kong buyers’ growing interest in Japanese property in the short term, according to real estate agents. “One of our clients was paying a ... ( read original story ...)

JAPANESE developers are increasingly drawn to the Thai property market, seeking out joint ventures with local real estate companies that could see at least Bt53.1 billion worth of condominium launches in the second half of this year, a survey by The Nation ... ( read original story ...)

The Japanese city of Osaka has been struck by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake causing fatalities, property damage and widespread disruption to transport. Although the size of the earthquake was modest, its epicentre was only 13km below one of Japan’s most ... ( read original story ...)

Thakral Corp ventured into the office market in Osaka, Japan, in 2014 with the acquisition of two buildings and since then, it has built a portfolio of two office buildings, two hotels and a retail property. In January this year, the firm announced the ... ( read original story ...)

The records of negotiations between the ministry and the school operator that have been released make no mention of the first lady's April 2014 visit to the property in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, nor of a portion of talks in February and March last year ... ( read original story ...)

Property investment volumes in Tokyo stood at USD9.1 billion in the three months to March, making it the world’s most traded market above New York City and London, JLL reported. The latest figures see New York City playing runner-up to the Japanese ... ( read original story ...)