Tokyo's skyline set to see 45 new skyscrapers by 2020 Olympics

Tokyo’s skyline is set to welcome 45 new skyscrapers by the time city hosts the Olympics in 2020, as a surge of buildings planned in the early years of Abenomics near completion. Japan’s capital will see nearly 50 percent more new high-rise space in ... ( read original story ...)

Astro Japan completes purchase of ¥10B shopping mall

Astro Japan Property Group (ASX:AJA) has completed its purchase of a ¥10 billion shopping mall in Japan. In Australian currency, that works out to be $121 million. The property which the company acquired is the FKD Shopping Plaza in Utsonomiya City ... ( read original story ...)

Hotel New Otani Tokyo, The Main

The Bar - Located on the Tower building's 40th floor, with view of Tokyo Tower. Serves drinks ... You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property: A tax is imposed by the city: JPY 200 per person, per night We have included all charges ... ( read original story ...)

China’s property bubble requires supply-side reform

Many investors compare China's current property market with Japan's housing price bubble which collapsed in the early 1990s and caused a downturn in the country's economy for almost three decades. Tokyo investors raised several interesting questions. ( read original story ...)

Japan Cabinet allows schools to study banned imperial order

Abe, who has praised Kagoike, has denied making a donation, which is not illegal, or influencing the property sale. Kagoike is among many Japanese conservatives who have tried to reinstate the imperial rescript. Defense Minister Tomomi Inada told a recent ... ( read original story ...)

Both the most expensive, cheapest cities in the…

Private equity pouring in Mumbai's afluent Napean Sea area. Image:... Dotonbori, a popular nightlife and entertainment area in Osaka, Japan. Asian cities lorded over the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living report, out last week. ( read original story ...)