Nick Walton’s Welcome To Asia, July 2017

Conrad has opened its first property in western Japan and its second in the country with the Conrad Osaka. Capella Shanghai, Jian Ye Li, the only all-villa urban resort in Shanghai, is set to open this month, offering insight to a rare architectural heritage. ( read original story ...)

Soaking In The City: 10 Tokyo Hotels With Onsens

The property is just five minutes away from the subway station! Just a minute away from Nippori Station, Tokiwa Hotel is an ideal choice if your itinerary includes lots of travelling out of Tokyo. You can easily get to the airport from Nippori Station via ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s Kashiwa-No-Ha Smart City

Accessible from Tokyo in less than an hour by train ... UDCK will play a key role in organizing property owners to subscribe to site- and building-performance guidelines to achieve objectives for sustainable design, as well as the community’s desire ... ( read original story ...)

Which Tokyo Neighborhood Fits Your Personality Best?

WHERE TO STAY: Originally built for Japanese aristocracy in the 1880s, the Imperial Hotel Tokyo exudes the luxury that defines Ginza. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright with views of the Imperial Palace below, the second iteration of this property is not ... ( read original story ...)

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 ...)