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 ...)
Japan ‘wants to join US in complaining about Chinese intellectual property laws to World Trade Organisation’
Japan has told the World Trade Organisation it will join the United States’ complaint against China over alleged theft of intellectual property as a third party, a source close to the matter said on Friday. If China and the United States approve Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ‘seeks to join World Trade Organization complaint by the US against China as a third party’
Japan has notified the World Trade Organization of its intention to join as a third party the United States’ complaint against China over alleged theft of intellectual property, a source close to the matter said Friday. If China and the United States ... ( 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 ...)
Real Estate Tech Firm Zweispace Japan Starts Registering Property Sales on the Blockchain
Zweispace is integrating the blockchain-based system into its “Ohudokun” product, which aims to streamline real estate sales — and reduce registration fees. Real estate buyers and sellers in Japan currently pay a realtor to officially register ... ( read original story ...)
Cornerstone To An International Intellectual Property Protection Center
On January 11, 2018, the newly established Shenzhen intellectual property court issued a decision in a dispute ... surpassing cities like Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Seoul, Osaka and Singapore according to the Shenzhen Special Zone Daily report published ... ( read original story ...)
Global Private Equity to Deploy Over $55 Billion Into Asia Pacific Commercial Assets by 2020
According to the latest CBRE Research Asia Pacific report -- The Next Wave of Capital Deployment -- Japan can expect to see robust investment by Asia Pacific-focused closed-end real estate funds over the next three years. CBRE also predicts the following ... ( 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 ...)
Japan Casino Law Picks Up Steam: Las Vegas Sands, Leading Candidate, Could Get Knock-On Effect Very Soon
The Japan negotiators have about decided on establishing 5% of ... reflecting the recovery in Macau and the success of its new property there, The Parisian. Now it is taking dead aim on even further growth of its market share, currently around 21%, by ... ( 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 ...)
BRIEF-Hoshino Resorts REIT to acquire Osaka-based real estate property for 4.24 bln yen
* Says it plans to acquire Osaka-based real estate property on April 2, at the price of 4.24 billion yen * Says it plans to take out loans of 4.4 billion yen on April 2, to fund acquisition ( read original story ...)