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 ...)

Wealthy Malaysians drawn to Thailand, Japan

AFFLUENT Malaysians are increasingly turning to Thailand and Japan for their overseas property investments, according to consultancy and marketing firm Prime International Properties. Speaking to NST Business recently, founder and managing director Justin ... ( read original story ...)

An unflinching look at Tokyo’s dark side

Published in June, high on bestseller lists and infused with a forensic disgust at just about everything, Masayoshi Osaka’s Places in Metropolitan Tokyo you don’t want to live is principally intended as a handbook for property buyers and renters. ( read original story ...)

A view from Kagurazaka, Tokyo

Kengo Kuma is a noted Japanese architect and professor of architecture at the University of Tokyo. He designed the lattice timber stadium that is being built to host the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. My favourite view in Tokyo is perhaps an old inn (not in ... ( read original story ...)

‘China’s Airbnb’ capitalises on Japan’s Olympics fever

“Real estate in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto is cheap compared to Shanghai and Beijing, and Chinese interest in property investment is strong,” said Tomoko Suzuki, chief executive officer of Tujia’s Japanese unit. “We definitely have the highest ... ( read original story ...)