Sealed surfaces and the problem with heat in Tokyo

In Tokyo, most of the land can be covered with the new house ... Their favorite series they recorded during the week and watch in their free time. However, the property is not seen as a place to be during the free time. If they are staying there, it ... ( read original story ...)

5.6 magnitude quake strikes Japan

No casualties or property damage were reported. The owner of the Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), said no abnormalities were observed at the plant after the quake. The earthquake was also felt with less intensity across eastern ... ( read original story ...)

Avengers 4 To Film In Japan

In a report from this past April, THR notes: The Strategic Program for the Creation, Protection and Exploitation of Intellectual Property 2017 will streamline the process for applications to shoot in areas like the famous Scramble Crossing in Tokyo's ... ( read original story ...)

Genius marketing squeezes most from blockbuster ‘Your Name’

Toho executives and their counterparts at CoMix Wave Films, the Tokyo-based video production company where Shinkai works, discussed what kind of merchandise would be allowed to use 'Your Name' intellectual property. They agreed to allow everything except ... ( read original story ...)

Japan opens its doors to property start-ups

The number of foreigners working in Japan topped one million for the first time this year, but official data showed that nearly 40 per cent of foreign residents who sought housing in the last five years were turned down at least once as they are not Japanese. ( read original story ...)

Lost your phone in Japan? You’ll probably get it back

Discounting cash, Tokyo police handled about 3.83 million items of lost property last year: credit cards and driver's licences dominated the haul. As did umbrellas; Tokyoites handed in 381,135 lost umbrellas. West ascribes Japan's success in lost property ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsui Fudosan spending $893m to bulk up logistics business

TOKYO -- Mitsui Fudosan plans to open six new logistics centers in and around Tokyo and Osaka by 2020, seeking hefty profits as would-be tenants rush to keep up with the growing online shopping market. The Japanese property developer said Thursday it will ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo housing market remains buoyant

buoyant demand and the upcoming 2020 Olympics continue to attract international investors to Japan’s property market suggested by JLL Japan. Japan’s overall residential property price index rose by 4.7% in January 2017 from the same period last year ... ( read original story ...)

Falling Chinese rental yields may indicate property bubbles

well below average yields in major cities such as New York and Tokyo (4.7 percent and 4.3 percent respectively), China’s first-tier cities Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai may be entering a property price bubble. Despite the moderation in home ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo homebuyers choose practicality over prestige

TOKYO -- Home buyers are straying further from central Tokyo, where property prices are soaring, to more peripheral (and affordable) bedroom communities. The trend is reflected in the 2017 ranking of Greater Tokyo neighborhoods most attractive to ... ( read original story ...)

Edition brings its luxury hotels to Tokyo

The Tokyo Edition, Ginza will be a newly built 13-storey standalone property with 80 guestrooms. Located just off Chuo Street, the main shopping street in Ginza, the hotel site affords convenient access to Ginza-Itchome, Ginza and Tokyo stations ... ( read original story ...)

Thai junta gives king full control of crown property

BANGKOK – Thailand has amended a royal property law to formally give King Maha Vajiralongkorn full control of the agency which manages the multibillion-dollar holdings of the monarchy. The newly amended Crown Property Act replaces three laws dating back ... ( read original story ...)

Mitsui Fudosan enters Philippine property market

MANILA -- Japanese property giant Mitsui Fudosan and Rockwell Land, a local mid-size real estate developer, are partnering on a condominium project in the Philippines. Mitsui Fudosan, which is entering the Philippine real estate sector for the first time ... ( read original story ...)