Category: PROPERTY

TOKYO -- Mitsui Fudosan plans to open six new logistics centers in and around Tokyo and Osaka by 2020, seeking hefty profits as would-be tenants rush to keep up with the growing online shopping market. The Japanese property developer said Thursday it will ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese Knotweed has been found in the hedge that separates the development I live on and our neighbour's property. Mail Online's property expert Myra Butterworth replies: 'Mention the words 'Japanese Knotweed' to any homeowner and it may well trigger ... ( read original story ...)

buoyant demand and the upcoming 2020 Olympics continue to attract international investors to Japan’s property market suggested by JLL Japan. Japan’s overall residential property price index rose by 4.7% in January 2017 from the same period last year ... ( read original story ...)

well below average yields in major cities such as New York and Tokyo (4.7 percent and 4.3 percent respectively), China’s first-tier cities Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai may be entering a property price bubble. Despite the moderation in home ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Home buyers are straying further from central Tokyo, where property prices are soaring, to more peripheral (and affordable) bedroom communities. The trend is reflected in the 2017 ranking of Greater Tokyo neighborhoods most attractive to ... ( read original story ...)

Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, leading Japanese hospitality company Fujita Kanko’s iconic five-star flagship property, announced its partnership with Preferred Hotels & Resorts –the world’s largest independent hotel brand that represents more than 650 ... ( read original story ...)

The Tokyo Edition, Ginza will be a newly built 13-storey standalone property with 80 guestrooms. Located just off Chuo Street, the main shopping street in Ginza, the hotel site affords convenient access to Ginza-Itchome, Ginza and Tokyo stations ... ( read original story ...)

BANGKOK – Thailand has amended a royal property law to formally give King Maha Vajiralongkorn full control of the agency which manages the multibillion-dollar holdings of the monarchy. The newly amended Crown Property Act replaces three laws dating back ... ( read original story ...)

MANILA -- Japanese property giant Mitsui Fudosan and Rockwell Land, a local mid-size real estate developer, are partnering on a condominium project in the Philippines. Mitsui Fudosan, which is entering the Philippine real estate sector for the first time ... ( read original story ...)

The Claska has the unfortunate honor of being known as Tokyo's only "boutique" hotel. The over-used terminology does not do the nine-room property justice. Luxuriously remodelled from an old business inn once called Hotel New Meguro, the minimalist Claska ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese knotweed deters nearly eight in 10 people in the UK from buying a property but new research has found that while there is a high level of anxiety about the plant there is also a lot of misinformation. Overall some 78% of those aware of the ... ( read original story ...)

Renderings for the Muji Hotel in Tokyo, due to open in the spring of 2019. (Photo courtesy: AFP Relaxnews/ MUJI) Japanese retailer Muji is the latest homeware company to enter the hotel business, announcing plans to open their first branded property in Tokyo. ( read original story ...)

Homeowners are right to be concerned about the threat posed by Japanese knotweed New research has revealed a high level of anxiety around Japanese knotweed with 78% admitting that they would be put off buying a property if they discovered the weed was ... ( read original story ...)

Your Airbnb should have a description of how far the property is located from the nearest station. My friend once stayed at a Namba property that was about 5 minutes away so such places exist. Note that a lot of these attractions require quite a bit of ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Property manager CRE's real estate investment trust specializing in logistics facilities will list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange as early as the year ending in July 2018, aiming to secure capital for development projects via property sales to the trust. ( read original story ...)

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. is securitizing loans to real estate investment trusts and selling the products to margin-starved smaller banks as lending to Japan’s property sector hits record highs. In May, Tokyo-based MUFG sold its first 50 ... ( read original story ...)