Category: PROPERTY

JAPAN’S financial regulator penalised the country’s largest property and casualty insurers for colluding to fix prices in contracts with corporate clients. Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)

The Financial Services Agency has issued business improvement orders on the core units of Tokio Marine, MS&AD Insurance and Sompo. ( read original story ...)

Japan's financial watchdog on Tuesday ordered four major property insurers to improve their business operations after finding they co ... ( read original story ...)

A Kick streamer who is notorious for harassing Japanese people with racist remarks and trespassing on private property has been sentenced to a five-year prison term in Japan. Johnny Somali, who has ... ( read original story ...)

A coal tycoon's Western-style mansion partially made of timber looks as if it is blending in with the trees at a park in this southweste･･･ ... ( read original story ...)

Although it is considered to be one of the more expensive real estate markets in Japan, Akasaka is a great place to live, work, and play. Here are a few things you should know about this popular Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)

The Thai housing market remains appealing to both new Japanese developers entering with a budget of 100-300 million baht per project as well as existing developers considering a change of ... ( read original story ...)

The Cabinet Office has said more than £1.1bn was generated through the sale of government-owned land and buildings in the year to March, a hike of around £500m on disposals in 2021-2022. It represents ... ( read original story ...)

This story appears in the April 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. Early on a cold June morning, I stood in darkness near the west bank of Tokyo’s Sumida River, watching tourists pull ... ( read original story ...)

The last time Vilma Santos and Christopher De Leon were paired in a movie was in 2004's “Mano Po III: All My Love”, their 25th film together. ( read original story ...)

All three properties will be built in the Setouchi region, offering travelers distinct luxury experiences along the famously mild coast. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)

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 ...)

"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 ...)

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 ...)

The completion of the deal is anticipated in Q1 2024, with net proceeds estimated to be around Y3.9bn ($27.3m). ( read original story ...)