Kanye West is selling the beachfront Malibu home he purchased two years ago. While the rapper paid $57 million for the property, which features views of the Pacific Ocean from every room, it’s now on ... ( read original story ...)
Bank of Japan, China Property Outlook Roil Asian Stock Markets
Asian stock markets were uneven Tuesday after Japan's central bank held rates unchanged, but traders again backed away from real estate shares in China. Hong Kong slipped, Shanghai was relatively ... ( read original story ...)
Man-Made Or Natural? The Mystery Of “Japan’s Atlantis”
"I'm not convinced that any of the major features or structures are manmade steps or terraces, but that they're all natural," Robert Schoch, a professor of science and mathematics at Boston University ... ( read original story ...)
After 50 years, Fifth Avenue building sells to Japanese coffee company Geshary
The 13,580-square-foot property boasts 24,500 square feet of air rights and ... Notably, this isn’t the first time the Riese Organization has passed the Fifth Avenue torch to a Japanese buyer. ( read original story ...)
CapitaLand Ascott Trust to sell three Japan hotels for $75m
The completion of the deal is anticipated in Q1 2024, with net proceeds estimated to be around Y3.9bn ($27.3m). ( read original story ...)
CapitaLand Ascott Trust divests three hotels in Japan for 10.7 billion yen
CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) will divest three hotels in Osaka, Japan – Hotel WBF Honmachi, Hotel WBF Kitasemba East and Hotel WBF Kitasemba West – to an unrelated third party for 10.7 billion yen ... ( read original story ...)
CLAS to divest 3 hotels in Japan and book net gain of $10.1 million
CapitaLand Ascott Trust (CLAS) is divesting three hotels in Osaka for 10.7 billion yen ($99.8 million), which is at 15% above their total book value. Following the sale, CLAS will net 3.9 billion, or ... ( read original story ...)
The Best Ways To Celebrate The Holidays In Tokyo
The holiday season in Japan is a lengthy one: Christmas and New Year festivities stretch across December and January. Venues fill up, reservations are scarce and taxis are hard to catch. ( read original story ...)
S’pore couple says they want to buy 7th property in Japan after they ‘just closed’ their ‘6th property in S’pore’
"We just closed our sixth property in Singapore," Ben shared, without elaborating on how he finances them or revealing his degree of ownership. But he added that he and his partner were looking to ... ( read original story ...)
Bulgari Hotel Tokyo Boasts Some Of The Best Views In The City
The Tokyo skyline is known for its ulta-sleek 5-star hotels perched high above the city overlooking walled gardens, centuries-old royal palaces, and majestic Mount Fuji. But the soaring cityscape was ... ( read original story ...)
EDITION opens its second property in Tokyo
Three years after EDITION's first foray into Japan with the opening of The Tokyo EDITION, Toranomon, comes the arrival of the second act in the Japanese capital: The Tokyo EDITION, Ginza. ( read original story ...)
Japan city to cull ‘invasive’ squirrels harming ancient buildings, biodiversity in Kamakura
Keiko Yamazaki, a board member of the Japanese Coalition for Animal Welfare, said the problem went beyond property damage. “A big issue here is biodiversity,” she said. “As an island, Japan has long ... ( read original story ...)
Are flying taxis set to soar in Japan or face turbulence from tech and safety barriers?
A consortium is planning to kick-start flying taxis in Japan by first building “vertiports” in several cities. ( read original story ...)
Ex-Johnny’s talent agency group owns Tokyo real estate valued at est. $260 million
The former Johnny & Associates Inc. entertainment agency group owns at least 13 pieces of land and 11 buildings in Tokyo valued at an estimated 37.9 billion yen (about $260.3 million), the Mainichi ... ( read original story ...)
Asia’s housing market pain: why Japan could be next
China's property crisis is just one of many signs that Asia's housing sector troubles are far from over Japan could be in for a shock if a shift from years of ultra-loose monetary policy pushes up ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s luxury hotel operators to open properties to woo foreign tourists
Imperial Hotel plans to introduce a property in Kyoto by early 2026 and embark on the renovation of the main building of its flagship hotel in Tokyo during the 2030s. These plans come to meet the ... ( read original story ...)