Tag: property

GIC has divested its hotel property in Fukuoka, Japan, the sovereign wealth fund confirmed on Wednesday (Sep 11). Read more at The Business Times. ( read original story ...)

Recent data showing China recorded its first contraction in bank lending to businesses and households in nearly two decades, coming after several months of weak retail sales, appeared to confirm that ... ( read original story ...)

Hypebeast speaks with Pharrell, NIGO and KAWS on the momentous NOT A HOTEL auction that includes a stay at the upcoming Tokyo location. ( read original story ...)

Japanese knotweed is a highly invasive plant that can cause significant damage to property and be very expensive to remove. Here's what to do if it's on your land ... ( read original story ...)

You might know Shinjuku, you’ve heard of Harajuku. But who travels here with the idea of calling through Jimbocho? Almost no one. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO -- For years, Japan Inc. resisted what many investors saw as a golden opportunity. Companies big and small sat on real estate worth billions of dollars more than they had paid for it, but were ... ( read original story ...)

In Japan, companies such as Exit and Albatross provide resignation services to assist employees in quitting their jobs with minimal stress. These firms manage the entire process, including notifying ... ( read original story ...)

Tourist attraction 50km from site of Fukushima nuclear plant includes world’s largest onsen and hula-dancing troupes ... ( read original story ...)

From the shiny new towers delineating the city’s skyline to the pleasure palaces of yesteryear, here are the best hotels in Tokyo today. ( read original story ...)

Over the past decade, Tokyo has softened its once-rigid stance against immigration, driven by low birthrates and an aging population. Foreigners now make up about 2% of its population of 125 million. ( read original story ...)

Students, lawyers and others filed into a classroom in a central Tokyo university for a lecture by a Chinese journalist on Taiwan and ... ( read original story ...)

Local investors Peter and Joy Bohlinger sold the complex to Tokyo-based Koto Estate Company, per The Real Deal. ( read original story ...)

U.S. law firm White & Case has launched its disputes practice in Tokyo with the addition of Shinsuke Yakura, the former head of Orrick’s office in the Japanese capital, as a partner. ( read original story ...)

On the afternoon of March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake struck Tokyo with an intensity of 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7, causing widespread train and bus cancellations. ( read original story ...)

"Before, we were moving every few years, so our walls were never painted and we never hung up pictures," Lawrence Covian told BI. ( read original story ...)

Depopulation in rural areas is making antique houses called Kominka available at reasonable prices throughout Japan. American writer and food stylist Hannah Kirshner offers a great example of what it ... ( read original story ...)