Category: PROPERTY

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 ...)

Land prices in Japan rose 0.4 percent on average as of Jan. 1 from a year earlier, marking the second consecutive year of gain, the National Tax Agency said in its annual report released Monday. The highest land price in the country was ¥40.32 million per sq. ( read original story ...)

and also approached some real estate brokers to find out why Japanese property owners so often refuse to rent to foreign residents. Are their decisions based on racial prejudice or could there be any valid reasons to justify landlords’ aversion to ... ( read original story ...)

According to a 2016 nationwide survey by the Japan Rental Property Management Association, 6.9 percent of tenants had been late with their payments at least once during the year, but only 2.7 percent had not paid rent a month after it was due, thus ... ( read original story ...)

In its outlook update in May, Croesus noted that commercial land prices in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka have continued to appreciate. "Property prices in Osaka, in particular, have risen significantly due to an increase of foreign visitors, driving cap rate ... ( read original story ...)

June 29 (Reuters) - Ashimori Industry Co Ltd: * Says it will sell headquarters building located in Osaka, Japan, on Sep. 26 Source text in Japanese: https://goo.gl/4q8ymC Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)

We were in the Kamagasaki district of Osaka, an area which has a reputation amongst the ... As I first arrived, I thought a tour of the property would take a few minutes. Instead, we talked for hours as we poured over each room (each of the guest rooms ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- Land equivalent to the size of Kyushu, Japan's third-largest island, is currently unclaimed, an expert study group said in a report, after reviewing several government surveys on property registrations across the nation. In the report, released on ... ( read original story ...)

The bill enacted earlier this month lets people in Japan rent out property without the risk of running into regulatory hurdles. The law limits total stays to 180 nights a year and requires that accommodation providers register with local governments. ( read original story ...)

Tokyu Land Corporation, one of Japan's largest property developers, has just launched a new premium residential apartment building in Roppongi. Branz Roppongi The Residence offers high-end luxury in one of Tokyo's most desirable neighbourhoods, right in ... ( read original story ...)

* Says it acquired a Tokyo-based property, which covers 367.20 square meter * Says acquisition price is undisclosed Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/mZyCvy Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)

Japanese authorities are looking into using bitcoin’s blockchain technology to better manage their property and rela estate records. Since the Mt. Gox hacking incident, the Japanese government has carefully tried to properly regulate the bitcoin ... ( read original story ...)