Tokyo: Woman dies in fall into hole while burying cat corpse

The corpse of a woman was found along with a garden shovel on her property in Adachi Ward TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police suspect that a woman died in an accident while burying a corpse of a cat on her property in Adachi Ward, reports the Sankei ... ( read original story ...)

Japan Tech Evolution Ushering in Shared Logistics

... 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. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s first Ace Hotel to open next year in historic Kyoto

the Ace Hotel Group will fulfill a ‘long-standing dream’ next year with the opening of its first property in Japan. Ace Hotel Kyoto will be ‘a space that honors the beauty and history’ of the former imperial capital, which is famed for its ... ( read original story ...)

40 antique guns discovered in 17th century gunsmith house

SAKAI, Osaka Prefecture--Forty rare antique matchlock guns and other ... which designated the residence as a cultural property, in March. The Inoue family settled in Sakai in the first half of the Edo Period, and the main building was erected then. ( read original story ...)

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 ...)