Review: The Strings by InterContinental Tokyo

Occupying the upper floors of the Shinagawa East One Tower, the Strings by InterContinental Tokyo still feels well-maintained and contemporary despite opening in 2003 – join Australian Business Traveller as we explore this 5-star property. Despite its ... ( read original story ...)

Sydney isn’t full. Its existing home owners just hate change.

The Tokyo-Yokohama conurbation has 38 million residents and Osaka ... The idea home owners have an entitlement to all things beyond their property boundary staying the same is wrong, but they’re right in thinking population growth inevitably means ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo’s Nikkei stock index closes at 21-year high

Tokyo's benchmark stock index closed at a more than two-decade ... But it remains far below a record close of almost 39,000 in the last days of 1989 before a stock and property market bubble collapsed. The index then began a long descent as the once ... ( read original story ...)

U.S. helicopter crash-lands, burns close to Okinawa home

HIGASHI, Okinawa Prefecture--A U.S. military transport helicopter caught fire in mid-flight and crash-landed on grazing land on private property here Oct. 11 ... would file a protest over the incident with Tokyo and Washington. He was incensed that ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Sumitomo entersThai real estate market with JV

JAPAN-BASED Sumitomo Forestry Co Ltd will invest in developing ... in Thailand as a joint venture with Thailand’s listed company Grande Asset Hotels and Property Plc, and Property Perfect Plc. The joint venture will develop condominium worth Bt6 billion ... ( read original story ...)