The latest announcement is out from NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation ( ($JP:8956) ). NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation announced the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan imposes new ground rules as concerns grow over foreign-owned land
From next year, anyone buying property will have to confirm their nationality – a move some analysts say is overkill. ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to require nationality declaration to register property from fiscal 2026
While nationality information will be available in public registry, it will stored in the government’s real estate system for interagency sharing. ( read original story ...)
Dear Life Co., Ltd. acquires income-producing Tokyo property
Dear Life Co., Ltd. ( ($JP:3245) ) has issued an announcement. DEAR LIFE CO., LTD. announced the acquisition of a leased condominium property, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to expand rules on foreigners’ property purchases: Finance minister
Japan will soon implement new rules regarding real estate transactions. From next April, international buyers looking to acquire homes must report their purchases to the authorities. This step aims to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Property Management Center releases November 2025 operational data
Japan Property Management Center Co.Ltd. ( ($JP:3276) ) just unveiled an announcement. The company announced its monthly operational data for ... ( read original story ...)
Grand Ring: The Wooden Wonder of Expo 2025
The Grand Ring at the Yumenoshima site hosting Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai is only now officially opening for its half-year run, but it is already listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the ... ( read original story ...)
Time Out Market Osaka
Our very first location in Asia, and spanning over 3,000 square metres, Time Out Market Osaka puts a spotlight on the city and Kansai’s award-winning chefs, much-loved local gems and rising talents – ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to expand rules on foreigners’ property purchases, finance minister says
TOKYO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Japan will revise rules to require foreigners buying domestic property, including for residential purposes, to file a report to the government, Finance Minister Satsuki ... ( read original story ...)
Luxury Home Prices Explode in Tokyo as Foreigners Seize on a Weak Yen
The Japanese capital saw its high-end home prices jump more than 50% in the year to the end of September, leaving values at record highs driven by “limited supply, a weak yen, which has spurred rising ... ( read original story ...)
Survey: 7.5% of condo buyers in central Tokyo reside overseas
Foreign buyers of newly built condominiums in the capital appear focused mainly on six central wards in Tokyo, a land ministry survey showed. ( read original story ...)
Japan to require nationality in property registrations
Currently, buyers are not required to report their nationality when registering properties, such as condominiums. ( read original story ...)
Japan plans national database to track foreign ownership of real estate, land as it weighs new rules
Currently, the nationality of buyers must be registered for farmland acquisitions but not for condos. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Japanese property giants deepen their push into a booming Indian market
Japanese real estate developers are wading further into a tricky Indian market and more of their peers are expected to get their feet wet, drawn by rising rents in a rapidly growing economy as well as ... ( read original story ...)
Thakral invests in 6th Osaka property
SINGAPORE (Jan 31): Thakral Corporation on Wednesday announced it has invested another office building in Osaka, Japan. The nine-storey Legal Itachibori Building will be Thakral’s sixth investment ... ( read original story ...)
Sharp to sell Osaka property to raise cash
OSAKA -- Sharp plans to sell as early as this fiscal year the land on which its major Osaka factory sits to increase its cash on hand. ( read original story ...)