European Property Latest Lure for Japan Funds, Tokio Marine Says

U.S. real estate seen closer to peak, asset manager says Japanese institutional investors’ appetite for European real estate funds is rising as attractive yields and lower hedging costs lure them away from a potentially peaking U.S. market, according to ... ( read original story ...)

Finance Ministry admits asking Moritomo to lie

The ministry sold the plot in Osaka, western Japan, to Moritomo Gakuen for a price ... Mitsuru Ota, who heads the ministry's bureau in charge of state-owned property, told an Upper House committee on Monday that an official in his section called ... ( read original story ...)

The Millennials Shibuya hotel review – Tokyo, Japan

Following the opening of the group's first Millennial property in Kyoto last year, the Tokyo iteration also has co-working spaces, a 24-hour lobby-lounge, shared bathrooms and a boutique selling artist-designed T-shirts and branded hot water bottles. ( read original story ...)

Japan property firm Smart Days files for bankruptcy protection

TOKYO, April 9 (Reuters) - Japanese property firm Smart Days Inc said on Monday it has filed for protection from creditors with 6.6 billion yen ($62 million) in liabilities, after the company had difficulty generating rent from the houses it manages. ( read original story ...)

The spreading recovery in land prices

The second-sharpest gain was recorded in the Dotonbori area of Chuo Ward, Osaka — another popular tourist destination — where property prices rose 27.5 percent. The rise in commercial land prices in Kyoto, also popular among foreign travelers ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo shares ease in thin trade; property, banks weaken

TOKYO, April 2 (Reuters) - Tokyo shares edged lower on Monday in choppy trade, with volume falling to the lowest in more than three months, while real estate and banks underperformed. The Nikkei ended 0.3 percent lower at 21,388.58 after flirting in ... ( read original story ...)

Why Australian millennials go house-hunting in Japan

More and more young property seekers in Australian are going out of the country and into Japan in search of real estate investments as well as affordable properties for end use. Transaction activity from Australian dollars into Japanese yen soared 39 ... ( read original story ...)

Australian millennials are questing for homes in Japan

More and more young property seekers in Australian are going out of the country and into Japan in search of real estate investments as well as affordable properties for end use. Transaction activity from Australian dollars into Japanese yen soared 39 ... ( read original story ...)

First land price hike in 26 years for Japan’s smaller cities

Prices of commercial land in Japanese cities that are not Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya increased for the first time in 26 years, data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism showed, per Reuters. Buoyed by demand for hotels and urban ... ( read original story ...)