Kiran Patel, global CIO of Savills Investment Management, says he's bullish on the Tokyo and Osaka property markets. The Wall Street Journal. ( read original story ...)
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 ...)
Nationalist primary school opening may be hit by environmental assessment redo
OSAKA -- The April opening of a new elementary school run by nationalist private school operator Moritomo Gakuen may be affected by a renewed environmental assessment of the property now being considered by the local municipal government. Moritomo Gakuen ... ( read original story ...)
Realtors say Tokyo’s housing boom fading as sales to Chinese slow
In the Kachidoki area facing Tokyo Bay, home to the city’s hottest market given its proximity to venues for the 2020 Olympic Games, real estate broker Hayato Jo has a wall full of notices of apartments for sale, with a 20 percent increase in the number ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai replaces Tokyo as most attractive property market in Asia
The Chinese city of Shanghai has become the number one destination for property investment in Asia Pacific, replacing Tokyo in top spot in the final quarter of last year, new figures show. According to the latest figures from JLL, the strong performance of ... ( read original story ...)
Shanghai tops Tokyo as Asia’s property investment destination of choice, report says
The Chinese city of Shanghai has become the top destination for real estate investment in Asia Pacific, squeezing out Tokyo from the number 1 spot in the fourth quarter of last year, according to data from JLL. According to the real estate investment ... ( 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 ...)
Astro Japan Property : Interim Financial Report of Stapled Company
Astro Japan Property Group (ASX: AJA) earlier today announced its half year results to 31 December 2016 and released the Appendix 4D (Half Year Report) and the Interim Financial Report covering the operations of the Astro Group as a whole. In accordance ... ( 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 ...)
Gov't sold land lot very cheaply to school operator linked to PM Abe's wife
OSAKA -- The local finance bureau has disclosed that a state-owned land lot has been sold to an education corporation linked to the wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for 134 million yen even though the value of the property has been appraised at over 900 ... ( read original story ...)