Astro Japan Property Group’s (ASX:AJA) 12.3% ROE over the past year fell short of the performance averaged by the industry, which delivered 13.68% ROE in the same period. On the surface, while Astro Japan Property Group appears to have underperformed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan PM Abe accused of giving cash for nationalistic school
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe donated 1 million yen ... Abe has denied any influence in the sale last year of state property to Kagoike at 134 million yen ($1.2 million), one-seventh of its appraised price. But Kagoike told parliament ... ( read original story ...)
S’pore the world’s most expensive city for fourth year in a row
Asian cities accounted for 50 percent of the 10 most expensive cities listed in the Worldwide Cost of Living 2017 report, with Hong Kong (2nd), Tokyo (4th), Osaka (5th) and Seoul (6th) joining the city-state. Four cities came from Western Europe ... ( read original story ...)
Japan's residential land values end long slide
TOKYO -- Residential land values in Japan have risen for the first time since 2008 thanks ... Demand stoked by low interest rates and tax breaks for home loans has firmed up the property market as a whole. Properties within walking distance of train ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Japan Rental Housing Investments completes sale of property at 293.5 mln yen
March 21 Japan Rental Housing Investments Inc : * Says it completes sale of property at 293.5 million yen * Previous plan was disclosed on March 15 Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/Ytr1gz Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
Russian plate and Japanese scroll take the top spots at Tamlyns Auctioneers auction
Further included in the auction was a Japanese Scroll, which realised £7,800 after a lengthy phone battle. The scroll was a gouache picture of magpies and prunus laid onto material, and was a number of Oriental items which attracted a worldwide audience. ( read original story ...)
Luxury property market in Vietnam keeps humming along
Most of the buyers come from Hong Kong, Taiwan, the Republic of Korea, Japan or Singapore ... Or in some cases they just pay cash and buy the property straight out. The lack of transparent guidance on how the money from a future sale of the property ... ( read original story ...)
The Trans-Pacific Partnership and intellectual property – an opportunity lost?
Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea. If the negotiations succeed, analysts do not think that the RCEP will include intellectual property provisions as strong as those in the TPP. But because of the primacy of place that the RCEP may assume, the RCEP's ... ( read original story ...)
Case of Japan painting theft to be concluded by early March
The case of a senior Commerce Ministry official who allegedly stole three paintings from a hotel in Japan could be finalised by early ... deputy director-general of the Department of Intellectual Property, wants five days to submit evidence and clarify ... ( read original story ...)
Justices to hear property rights dispute over family's land
Justices hear arguments Monday in a property rights case that involves a family's effort ... but happiness is declining. Japan and Russia hold talks on security, territorial dispute Japan and Russia hold talks on security, territorial dispute The foreign ... ( read original story ...)
Breakfast briefing: Monday, March 20
Top foreign stories Germany's Merkel and Japan's Abe urge free trade with jabs at US ... Reuters IBM and Wanda form China cloud computing partnership: IBM and a unit of China's property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group, agreed on Sunday ... ( read original story ...)
A Chinese Entrepreneur’s Plea for Rationality
Japanese companies are very conservative ... The most important foundation of the market economy is the protection of private property. Customers are resources that are part of that property, and they are the only source of return on investment. ( read original story ...)
Anti-base Okinawa activist released after five months in detention
Okinawa hosts the bulk of U.S. military facilities in Japan. At his first hearing at the district court Friday, Yamashiro admitted to the charge of destroying property by cutting barbed wire. But he pleaded not guilty to two other charges: the forcible ... ( read original story ...)
Andaz Tokyo
The story of Andaz Tokyo is one of reunions, shared memories, and a vision that looks forward to the future by connecting to the past. The property of Andaz Tokyo of a collaboration of a team comprised of Mori Building, Hyatt hotels and tonychi each of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Allows Home-Sharing In Time For AnimeJapan 2017? Airbnb For Anime Fans
Japan is expected to allow residential property owners in the country to rent their homes to tourists. The ability to rent out personal accommodations to foreigners may be extended to only legitimate owners of private and residential property. Moreover ... ( read original story ...)
Crucial questions over Osaka school operator, murky land deal remain unanswered
how the Osaka Prefectural Government's Private School Council concluded that Moritomo Gakuen should be permitted to open the elementary school; and whether there were any favors by politicians in relation to the school operator's purchase of the property ... ( read original story ...)