a serial rapist named Joji Obara was arrested in Tokyo for the murders of bar hostess Lucie Blackman and Australian model Carita Ridgeway. At the time of his arrest, he was also charged with raping six other women. Obara, a wealthy property developer ... ( 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 ...)
exhilarating toyota GR HV concept revealed before tokyo motor show 2017
set to be shown at tokyo motor show 2017, the toyota 'GR HV' concept integrates ... Bark Design Architects have designed this spectacular timber house nestled on a vegetated coastal property of Peregian Beach, Sunshine Coast, Queensla ( read original story ...)
Thai property portal Hipflat gets investment from Japanese price comparison firm
Thai real estate marketplace Hipflat has secured a strategic investment from Aucfan, an online auction price analytics and comparison platform from Japan. The funding amount was not disclosed. The Thai company said it will use the funds to introduce new ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Outbound Real Estate Investment Spikes 23 Percent in 2017
outbound Japanese real estate investment rises 23% year-over-year to $1.3 billion, development investment activity was also brisk, and indirect property investment via funds is set to increase in the coming year. Other key Japan investor highlights in 2017 ... ( 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 ...)
BRIEF-Japan Retail Fund Investment to acquire trust beneficial rights of property for 3.2 bln yen
* Says it plans to acquire trust beneficial rights of real estate property on Nov. 30, at the price of 3.2 billion yen ( read original story ...)
25 homes around the world that cost the same as an average Vancouver property (PHOTOS)
The property sits on a walled lot covering 87,123 sq.ft ... This two-storey home outside Osaka, Japan, has a living area of 1,883 sq.ft., but apart from that, not much is forthcoming from the listing. Worth knowing – this home is located in Suita ... ( read original story ...)
Allianz invests with ESR to expand logistics footprint into Japan
Allianz has finalized a €84.6 million (JPY 11 billion) investment into Redwood Japan Logistics Fund II (RJLF2), a develop-to-core Japan-focused, closed-ended, JPY-denominated logistics fund managed by E-Shang Redwood (ESR). RJLF2’s strategy is to ... ( read original story ...)
Athersys And To Collaborate On MultiStem Commercial Manufacturing In Japan
Athersys’ collaborator, HEALIOS K.K. (Healios), has an exclusive license to develop and market MultiStem in Japan for ischemic stroke ... our ability to protect our intellectual property portfolio; our possible inability to execute our strategy due ... ( read original story ...)
Brunei‘s Patent Examination System to Increase Efficiency Through Agreement with Japan
On August 28, 2017, the Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) signed an agreement to introduce a new patent examination initiative - the Patent Prosecution Highway Plus (PPH+) - with the Japan Patent Office (JPO), which will commence on October 1 ... ( read original story ...)
Some U.S. businesses urge caution in China intellectual property trade push
Others noted the recent creation on a pilot basis of three special intellectual property courts in China as a sign of progress ... U.S. official," not Richard Ellings.) TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's core machinery orders rose for a second straight month ... ( read original story ...)
Shinwa eyes more investment in Thailand Aim to turn itself to become distributor of Sigma Beam innovation construction technology
"Shinwa Group, a parent company from Osaka in Japan , has so much expertise in administering ... the best Low-Rise Condo Interior Design from the 12th PropertyGuru Thailand Property Awards 2017 which was recently announced,'' Mr.Yamabe said. ( read original story ...)
Panasonic Launches The First Home & Commercial Solution Showroom in Thailand
in addition to the showrooms having been established in Tokyo and Osaka in Japan. Each showroom is designed to suit the local market and the needs of each country. For Thailand, the potential market that keeps growing is the property market, especially ... ( read original story ...)
Nikkei closes at 21-year high amid global stock rally
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 ... In index futures trading on the Osaka Exchange, the key December contract on the Nikkei average rose 40 points ... ( read original story ...)