Discounting cash, Tokyo police handled about 3.83 million items of lost property last year: credit cards and driver's licences dominated the haul. As did umbrellas; Tokyoites handed in 381,135 lost umbrellas. West ascribes Japan's success in lost property ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsui Fudosan spending $893m to bulk up logistics business
TOKYO -- Mitsui Fudosan plans to open six new logistics centers in and around Tokyo and Osaka by 2020, seeking hefty profits as would-be tenants rush to keep up with the growing online shopping market. The Japanese property developer said Thursday it will ... ( read original story ...)
PROPERTY CLINIC: Japanese Knotweed has been found in our neighbour’s hedge, does it mean I won’t be able to sell my home?
Japanese Knotweed has been found in the hedge that separates the development I live on and our neighbour's property. Mail Online's property expert Myra Butterworth replies: 'Mention the words 'Japanese Knotweed' to any homeowner and it may well trigger ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo housing market remains buoyant
buoyant demand and the upcoming 2020 Olympics continue to attract international investors to Japan’s property market suggested by JLL Japan. Japan’s overall residential property price index rose by 4.7% in January 2017 from the same period last year ... ( read original story ...)
Falling Chinese rental yields may indicate property bubbles
well below average yields in major cities such as New York and Tokyo (4.7 percent and 4.3 percent respectively), China’s first-tier cities Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai may be entering a property price bubble. Despite the moderation in home ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo homebuyers choose practicality over prestige
TOKYO -- Home buyers are straying further from central Tokyo, where property prices are soaring, to more peripheral (and affordable) bedroom communities. The trend is reflected in the 2017 ranking of Greater Tokyo neighborhoods most attractive to ... ( read original story ...)
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo joins Preferred Hotels & Resorts’ LVX Collection
Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo, leading Japanese hospitality company Fujita Kanko’s iconic five-star flagship property, announced its partnership with Preferred Hotels & Resorts –the world’s largest independent hotel brand that represents more than 650 ... ( read original story ...)