Eye on Japanese real estate

A recent news report by The Japan Times revealed that Japan’s property market is luring more Asian investors seeking high rental yields as well as capital gains, which are not available back home. “Money is flowing in mostly from Taiwan, Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese knotweed: debunking the myths

Media interest has recently peaked around a story picked up by some of the most popular daily newspapers about Japanese knotweed affecting a family home in Birmingham. The claims are that the family are unable to sell their property due to the adjacent ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese projects freshening up Vietnam’s real estate market

Numerous flagship/anticipated real estate projects with foreign direct investment (FDI) from Japan are expected to launch for sale in 2017. The chain of villas and shophouses in The Manor Central Park (Hoang Mai District, Hanoi)—the real estate project ... ( read original story ...)

BRIEF-Japan Real Estate Investment to buy properties in Tokyo

Feb 28 Japan Real Estate Investment Corp : * Says it plans to buy a Tokyo-based property for 6.21 billion yen * Says co plans to acquire additional 5 percent stake in trust beneficial rights of a property located in Tokyo for 10.45 billion yen, raising ... ( read original story ...)

Musubi maker buys Fujifilm's Hawaii office property

A Japanese wholesale food company that makes the Spam musubi ... The purchase price was not immediately known. The property has a total assessed value of about $11.8 million, public records show. Fujifilm closed its Hawaii office at the end of 2016 and ... ( read original story ...)

First Ascott The Residence property set to open in Japan

“Many of our customers have been eagerly anticipating the opening of our first Ascott-branded property in the country. “With Japan’s growing economy, Ascott Marunouchi Tokyo’s strategic location where many multinational companies and major Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s deflation-stagnation generation see no way out

Japan remains definitively stuck, despite a long and aggressive experiment with ultralow rates. A quarter-century after its property bubble burst, a penny-pinching generation has come of age knowing only economic malaise, stagnant wages and deflation — a ... ( read original story ...)

Guide to Reading Japanese Place Names: With Kanji and Examples

中央区 (Chuo-ku): Central Ward, one of the central wards in Tokyo and Osaka. 中区 (Naka-ku): Central Ward in Yokohama and Nagoya. 中央線 (JR Chūō Line): The Central Line that runs east-west through Tokyo and the western suburbs. 中目黒 (Naka ... ( read original story ...)

Turning Japanese

Japanese investment in the Thai property market is gathering pace, with several of Japan's leading developers tapping Thailand's rapid urbanisation, growing mass transit system and regional integration. Thai-Japanese joint ventures in condominium ... ( read original story ...)