Tag: property

But then the host tells him to sneak in behind the doorman’s back. Question: When I arrived at our Airbnb rental in Tokyo, the security staff stopped us from entering the property and showed us a posted notification that short-stay rentals are prohibited. ( read original story ...)

As Japanese banks, including Mizuho Financial Group, grow nervous about the country’s soaring property market, investors are turning increasingly to yield-hungry insurers and leasing companies for alternative sources of funding for their commercial real ... ( read original story ...)

Spa and gym details: The fabulously named All That Spa is the first Themae spa in Japan, and it’s part of a huge wellness center with a gym and indoor pool that takes up an entire floor of the property. Insider Tips Who it's for: Business travelers ... ( read original story ...)

though there’s not a whole lot to see on the stretch that’s close to the property. Nakanoshima Park, about a 15-minute walk from the hotel, sits between the Dojima and Tosabori rivers. It’s an open, pretty spot, Osaka’s first public park ... ( read original story ...)

Osaka Mayor Hirofumi Yoshimura speaks at Osaka City Hall on ... Mayor Ed Lee signed a resolution Wednesday accepting the transfer of the statue onto city property. Yoshimura said he will cut ties with San Francisco by the end of the year. ( read original story ...)

Held for the second time on 18 and 19 November at the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore, PropertyGuru’s Japan Property Investment Show attracted more than 170 potential investors. Organised in partnership with Japanese developer Dualtap, highlights included ... ( read original story ...)

Instead of a housing shortage, Japan has too many houses that no one seems to want: derelict, ‘ghost’ homes that over time become firetraps, attract vermin, turn into rubbish dumps and diminish the value of surrounding property. According to the ... ( read original story ...)

Third by regions, this report focuses on the sales (consumption), production, import and export of Hotel Property Management Software in North America, Japan, Europe, India, Southeast Asia and China. Access this report @ www.orianresearch.com/checkout/431697. ( read original story ...)

Lightning can generate an abundant amount of antimatter, the perplexing substance that has the curious property of emitting light and disappearing when it encounters matter, Japanese scientists have found. The group of researchers from Kyoto University ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Sparx Green Energy & Technology, a renewable energy firm, found an ideal plot of land on which to build a solar panel factory in Japan, there was a catch. The three people on public record as the owners of the land had died years ago. ( read original story ...)

I recently lost my jacket and phone in Tokyo. I'm certain I left it in a taxi but once I had realised I had to get on a plane and fly home. I've contacted the hotel I was picked up at but they don't have either. I have found the police lost property report ... ( ...

Just six months remain until what promises to be one of the biggest shake-ups ever to hit Japan’s accommodation industry, as a new law passed this year legalizing room-sharing – so called minpaku, or vacation rentals – goes into effect in June. ( read original story ...)

TOKYO (TR) – Investigative sources with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police believe that a man who used a sword to fatally stab his sister, the chief priestess at a shrine in Koto Ward, rented a nearby apartment beforehand to track her movements, reports ... ( read original story ...)

A medium-range ballistic missile target is launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, Hawaii, on Aug. 29, 2017 © Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Japan’s defense ministry has requested additional funding to scout potential deployment sites ... ( read original story ...)

Norway’s $1tn oil fund is eyeing further property deals in Tokyo after making its first real estate investment in Asia. The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund has been scouring the region since 2015 for property but concluded its first deal only on ... ( read original story ...)

From here, you can see what feels like the entire city of Tokyo, with its sweeping vistas. Along with extraordinary service, this property offers public areas that complement its understated rooms, each with the latest and greatest tech amenities ... ( read original story ...)