See multiple new property from Japan's most renowned developers, together with market information and related services. HJ Real Estate specialises in Japanese property and this event is for anyone interested in owning a luxury home or investing in Japan. ( read original story ...)
W Hotels Worldwide to Open First Japan Property in 2021
W Hotels Worldwide has announced the signing of W Osaka, slated to open in 2021. Owned by Sekisui House, a long-standing partner of Marriott International, this opening will be the first-ever W Hotel in Japan. The 27-floor hotel will offer 337 guestrooms ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign hotel chains race to tap tourism boom in Japan
A rendering of the hotel that Marriott International plans to open in Osaka in 2021, its first upmarket W brand property in Japan. As a global hotel brand, Marriott International cannot afford to miss the great opportunity arising from the sharp growth of ... ( read original story ...)
Straits Trading invests $106.5 mil in Savills Japan residential property fund
SINGAPORE (Jan 4): The Straits Trading Company is investing in a Savills fund focusing on residential properties in Japan. Straits Trading's subsidiary Straits Real Estate (SREPL), through its wholly-owned subsidiary SRE Japan 11, has entered into a ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese firm to invest $15m in serviced apartment complex
Japanese property firm Leopalace21 Corp will build a serviced apartment complex in Phnom Penh costing $15 million to cater to the growing demand from foreign business executives and short-term travellers in one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka: Parents admit confining daughter for 15 years before her death
The body of Airi Kakimoto was found in her residence in Neyagawa City on Saturday OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police ... The residence was heavily fortified. The entire property is surrounded by a two-meter-tall wooden fence. Additionally, police ... ( read original story ...)
San Lotus Holding Inc. Announces Acquisition of Property in Makizonocho, Kirishima-Shi, Kagoshima-Prefecture, Japan
Hacienda, California–(Newsfile Corp. – December 28, 2017) – San Lotus Holding Inc. (OTC Pink: SLOT) (the “Company” or “we”), today announced followings: During the third quarter in 2017, our subsidiary, San Lotus Holding Inc. (BVI) acquired ... ( read original story ...)
LEOPALACE21 : Japan’s Leopalace21 opens serviced apartments in Cambodia
Japanese property firm Leopalace21 Corp. has opened a serviced apartment complex in Cambodia to cater to growing demand from foreign business executives and short-term travelers to one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing economies. Leopalace21 says its 14 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s glut of abandoned homes: Hard to sell but bargains when opportunity knocks
The condo was inherited by one of her daughters, but she had no use for the property — it was nearly five decades old and tied to painful memories of her late mother. So it remained abandoned, like millions of other homes in Japan that have been left ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Leopalace21 opens serviced apartments in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH – Property firm Leopalace21 Corp. has opened a serviced ... Leopalace21 has advanced into Southeast Asia in recent years, joining other Japanese companies tapping into emerging countries in the region to supplement business activity that ... ( read original story ...)
Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Buys Tokyo Offices as Japan Upgrades Growth Forecast
The deals come during the same week that the Japanese government upgraded its outlook for economic ... it is five-minute walk away from the main JR Shinjuku Station. The property has attracted numerous quality tenants due to its prime location, GIC said ... ( read original story ...)
Based Japanese Deport North Korean Refugees
Japan acted in its own national interest recently, it deported several North Korean fishermen who ostensibly washed up on its shores and decided to criminally prosecute several others who stole property from a largely uninhabited island. The Norks even ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Mitsubishi Group invests US$30 million in HCM City’s green property
The Diamond Lotus Riverside Complex in District 8, Ho Chi Minh City will be built in accordance with green construction standards with US$30 million in investment from the Japanese Mitsubishi Group. The investment will be made through Phuc Khang ... ( read original story ...)
Is It Time to Try Investing in Japan Again?
"all the land in Japan, a country the size of California, was worth about $18 trillion, or almost four times the value of all property in the United States at the time." The grounds of the Imperial Palace were reported to be worth more than France. ( read original story ...)
Why did an Airbnb host encourage this renter to sneak into the 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 ...)
Japan property buyers seek new funding as banks grow nervous
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 ...)