Vietnam’s resort real estate introduced to Japanese investors

Tokyo (VNA) – Vietnam’s resort real estate market has strong potential to develop, Japanese investors remarked at an event held by the property developer FLC Group in Tokyo on September 7. Director General of the FLC Group Le Thanh Vinh said with more ... ( read original story ...)

Astro Japan securityholders vote to sell REIT to Blackstone

Securityholders in the Astro Japan Property Trust have voted overwhelmingly to sell the trust and its $1.1 billion portfolio of Japanese retail, office and residential properties to US private equity giant Blackstone for $430 million. Almost 100 per cent ... ( read original story ...)

Astro Japan Property : Results of General Meeting

Astro Japan Property Group (ASX: AJA) advises that all resolutions put to the General Meeting of stapled securityholders held today, which related to a proposal for Blackstone to acquire all of AJA's interests in its Japanese assets (Proposal), were ... ( read original story ...)

Call for Thai investors to cash in on Tokyo Olympics in 2020

Thai investors are being urged to put their money into Japanese property, especially in hotels and elderly care centres, as demand is forecast to surge with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Yoshihiko Oda, president of Kagaya Hotels Corporation, which operates five ... ( read original story ...)

Venerable Otemachi Building in Tokyo remains a startup haven

TOKYO -- Tokyo's Marunouchi district, home to about 4,300 companies and the workplace of 280,000 people, is, in many ways, the hub of the Japanese economy. This May, Japanese property developer Mitsubishi Estate surprised the industry with its decision to ... ( read original story ...)

Missing in London: inside TfL’s lost property office

The biggest lost property office in Europe, it is beaten globally only by Tokyo’s depot. Sixty-five staff sort through hundreds of thousands of lost and forgotten items each at the depot, which is run by Paul Cowan. According to the latest transparency ... ( read original story ...)

New Best Western for Osaka

It is Best Western’s second property in the city, following the Best Western Hotel Fino Osaka Shinsaibashi. The hotel also takes the company’s total Japanese portfolio to 13 hotels. Japan’s tourism industry is undergoing an unprecedented boom. ( read original story ...)

Best Western Expands Japan Portfolio with New Hotel in Osaka

Best Western Osaka Tsukamoto features 105 rooms, a restaurant serving local and international cuisine, a 24-hour business center and laundry services. The hotel is Best Western’s second property in the city, following the Best Western Hotel Fino Osaka ... ( read original story ...)