Japan’s Sumitomo entersThai real estate market with JV

JAPAN-BASED Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd will invest in developing ... in Thailand as a joint venture with Thailand’s listed company Grande Asset Hotels and Property Plc, and Property Perfect Plc. The joint venture will develop condominium worth Bt6 billion ... ( read original story ...)

Nikkei closes at 21-year high amid global stock rally

But it remains far below a record close of almost 39,000 in the last days of 1989 before a stock and property market bubble collapsed ... In index futures trading on the Osaka Exchange, the key December contract on the Nikkei average rose 40 points ... ( read original story ...)

Wealthy Malaysians drawn to Thailand, Japan

AFFLUENT Malaysians are increasingly turning to Thailand and Japan for their overseas property investments, according to consultancy and marketing firm Prime International Properties. Speaking to NST Business recently, founder and managing director Justin ... ( read original story ...)

An unflinching look at Tokyo’s dark side

Published in June, high on bestseller lists and infused with a forensic disgust at just about everything, Masayoshi Osaka’s Places in Metropolitan Tokyo you don’t want to live is principally intended as a handbook for property buyers and renters. ( read original story ...)