Within the sector, a cohort of Australian and Japanese real estate shares are leading gains ... have pushed global bond yields lower this month as investors sought out havens. Property and utilities ... ( read original story ...)
Home owner wins legal case against surveyor for failing to spot Japanese knotweed
A London home owner has won his legal case against a chartered surveyor who failed to identify Japanese knotweed growing in the garden of his property during a residential survey. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Stocks in Asia gain as Trump concludes Japan visit amid hopes of a trade deal
in theory with Japan on tariffs although ... on allegations of the coerced surrender of proprietary technology and the trampling of intellectual property rights. The U.S. dollar index, which tracks ... ( read original story ...)
Technology ties including 5G deployment cement Japan-United States bonds | Opinion
Japan is a clear contrast to totalitarian China US-Japan relations ... The United States is concerned about China’s persistent disregard for intellectual property rights and its reliance on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s aviation watchdog urges Hong Kong Airlines to prevent potential damage after alarming wave of missing parts
Japan’s aviation safety watchdog has urged Hong Kong Airlines to take measures to ensure its aircraft parts are no threat to people and property after the carrier was found with missing plane parts in ... ( read original story ...)
Trump dreams of ‘waterfront property’ in North Korea. Its people are desperate for food.
And it’s all waterfront property. It’s a great location ... in Singapore and the exchange of what the White House called “love letters.” He added in Japan, “A lot of good things are happening.” ... ( read original story ...)
An invasion of Japanese Knotweed?
The dangers of Japanese Knotweed have been widely publicised in recent years and it is no surprise that claims against property owners and property professionals have been rising. Last year’s Court of ... ( read original story ...)
China’s economy looks like Japan’s in the 1990s, and that’s not good
according to Chinese property data provider creprice.cn. As a result, the housing price to income ratio, a measure of home affordability, rose sharply from 5.6 to 7.6 between 1996 to 2013, well above ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 torch relay route revealed, uniforms unveiled
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo 2020 organizers on Saturday unveiled the uniforms to be worn by 10,000 volunteer runners during the torch relay and presented further details about the route the relay will ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay to pass through Japan’s disaster-hit areas
The Greek leg of the torch relay will then run for eight days before the flame is handed to Tokyo 2020 in Athens on March 19. (This story has not been edited by Business Standard staff and is ... ( read original story ...)
Men in business attire may be bad for women and the climate: Don Pittis
Japan has kicked off its annual May through September Cool ... says heating ventilation and air conditioning or HVAC as it's called in the business is often badly designed. It is one of the most ... ( read original story ...)
Trump opens state visit, needles Japan over trade issues
The president's first event after arriving in Tokyo was a reception with several dozen Japanese and American business leaders at the U.S. ambassador's residence. He said the two countries "are hard at ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics torch relay includes quake, tsunami-hit areas
TOKYO (AP) — The organizing committee of the 2020 Olympics said Saturday the torch relay next year will pass through major Japanese landmarks, including World Heritage sites and areas devastated by ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei tumbles, other Asian markets mixed after Trump’s tarrifs against Mexico
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK, -1.63% closed down 1.6%, weighed as the yen climbed against rivals, up 0.7% against the dollar USDJPY, -0.90% Hong Kong’s Hang Seng HSI, -0.79% closed down 0.8% and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kanto Bureau Warns Against FXRoyalCashBack
The Kanto finance bureau of Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF) on Friday reminded the public to exercise caution when dealing with affiliates or introducing brokers of unregulated FX companies. In an ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s first junk bond sale offers yield of less than 1%
Listed Japanese companies have generally been able to depend upon bank lending to meet their cash needs. For that reason, a vibrant market for risky corporate bonds has not yet developed. Last year ... ( read original story ...)