Showrunner Soo Hugh’s eight-part adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s acclaimed novel traces the trials of a Korean-immigrant family across generations in the face of Japanese oppression. ( read original story ...)
KKR buys Tokyo-based joint venture Mitsubishi Corp-UBS Realty for 230 billion yen
US private equity firm KKR & Co. Inc. is acquiring Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc for 230 billion yen (US$2 billion) from the joint venture partners, Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi Corp and UBS ... ( read original story ...)
LA City Crews Clear Little Tokyo Homeless Encampment
This marks the latest large-scale homeless encampment to be cleaned up and fenced off by the city of L.A., joining Echo Park and MacArthur Park. ( read original story ...)
M&G Real Estate adds 30 residential assets in Japan to Asia fund
M&G Real Estate has purchased a portfolio of 30 residential assets in Japan’s gateway cities of Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya for ¥49.2bn (€372m). The assets will be held in the M&G Asia Property Fund and ... ( read original story ...)
KKR property deal threads the needle in Japan
KKR is getting bigger in Japan. The buyout shop on Thursday struck a deal to buy one of the country’s biggest property managers from Mitsubishi Corp and UBS for $2 billion. It’s a shrewd acquisition ... ( read original story ...)
Homeless People Search For New Housing As City Closes Little Tokyo Encampment
Dozens of homeless people have been forced to move after the city of L.A. announced it will clear an encampment at Little Tokyo's Toriumi Plaza. ( read original story ...)
Kooky fantasy retreat has fairytale castle, Gaudi-inspired sculpture and Japanese Zen pond
A bizarre ‘fantasy’ estate featuring a fairytale castle, Gaudi-inspired sculpture and Japanese ‘Zen’ pond is raising eyebrows on the country market. ( read original story ...)
What are our legal remedies if next door’s Japanese knotweed spreads?
Q There is Japanese knotweed next door to the house we are buying. It hasn’t yet affected our property. What are our legal remedies if it spreads? A Japanese kn ... ( read original story ...)
LA to clear homeless encampment in Little Tokyo, sparking mixed reactions within the community
The city of L.A. will close and fence off a Little Tokyo plaza that has become the site of a large homeless encampment during the pandemic, but the plan has drawn protests from some local homeless ... ( read original story ...)
Japan vs Singapore: Why Japan’s zoning laws make sense and what we can learn
It’s no surprise that space constraints are a major factor in Singapore. However, Japan — while admittedly bigger — often has the same issues, with most of the country consisting of islands. And as ... ( read original story ...)
Overview of St. Elmo Project — Rental Housing Development Project in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.: Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd., based in Osaka, Japan, is pleased to announce the start of construction on the St. Elmo Project from March 7, 2022. This will be a rental housing development 22 stories ... ( read original story ...)
Q1 large losses rise on Japan quake, but no cat bond defaults expected
Yesterday's significant earthquake in Japan is likely to increase an already relatively heavy first-quarter of catastrophe and other large losses for the ... ( read original story ...)
UBS Asset Management to sell its holding in its Japanese real estate joint venture, Mitsubishi Corp.-UBS Realty Inc to KKR
The transaction concludes the successful 20-year joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation and UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets business in JapanUBS expects to record a gain in ... ( read original story ...)
West Japan teacher suspended after ‘impulsively’ using colleague’s toothbrush 20 times
A 51-year-old teacher at a public junior high school in the western Japan city of Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, has been handed a three-m ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s 2021 industrial net absorption almost reaches pre-COVID levels
Net absorption hit over 1.9m sqm in 2021. Net absorption in Tokyo’s industrial property sector reached 771,000 sqm in 4Q21, bringing the full-year totals to more than 1,984,000 sqm. This is almost in ... ( read original story ...)
Strong magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits north-east Japan
The quake hit off the coast of Japan, 89km from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, putting residents on high alert. ( read original story ...)