Japan’s Leopalace21 opens serviced apartments in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH – Property firm Leopalace21 Corp. has opened a serviced ... Leopalace21 has advanced into Southeast Asia in recent years, joining other Japanese companies tapping into emerging countries in the region to supplement business activity that ... ( read original story ...)

Based Japanese Deport North Korean Refugees

Japan acted in its own national interest recently, it deported several North Korean fishermen who ostensibly washed up on its shores and decided to criminally prosecute several others who stole property from a largely uninhabited island. The Norks even ... ( read original story ...)

Is It Time to Try Investing in Japan Again?

"all the land in Japan, a country the size of California, was worth about $18 trillion, or almost four times the value of all property in the United States at the time." The grounds of the Imperial Palace were reported to be worth more than France. ( read original story ...)

Japan property buyers seek new funding as banks grow nervous

As Japanese banks, including Mizuho Financial Group, grow nervous about the country’s soaring property market, investors are turning increasingly to yield-hungry insurers and leasing companies for alternative sources of funding for their commercial real ... ( read original story ...)

InterContinental, Osaka

Spa and gym details: The fabulously named All That Spa is the first Themae spa in Japan, and it’s part of a huge wellness center with a gym and indoor pool that takes up an entire floor of the property. Insider Tips Who it's for: Business travelers ... ( read original story ...)

ANA Crowne Plaza

though there’s not a whole lot to see on the stretch that’s close to the property. Nakanoshima Park, about a 15-minute walk from the hotel, sits between the Dojima and Tosabori rivers. It’s an open, pretty spot, Osaka’s first public park ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese property market on the upturn

Held for the second time on 18 and 19 November at the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, PropertyGuru’s Japan Property Investment Show attracted more than 170 potential investors. Organised in partnership with Japanese developer Dualtap, highlights included ... ( read original story ...)

For sale: The ‘ghost houses’ in Japan

Instead of a housing shortage, Japan has too many houses that no one seems to want: derelict, ‘ghost’ homes that over time become firetraps, attract vermin, turn into rubbish dumps and diminish the value of surrounding property. According to the ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese study finds lightning can generate antimatter

Lightning can generate an abundant amount of antimatter, the perplexing substance that has the curious property of emitting light and disappearing when it encounters matter, Japanese scientists have found. The group of researchers from Kyoto University ... ( read original story ...)

Lost property in Tokyo – Japan Forum

I recently lost my jacket and phone in Tokyo. I'm certain I left it in a taxi but once I had realised I had to get on a plane and fly home. I've contacted the hotel I was picked up at but they don't have either. I have found the police lost property report ... ( ...