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Overseas investors look to regional Japan
“Japan poses little geopolitical risk ... in Japan says Tatsuya Jibiki from JLL’s Properties and Facilities Management, Asset Services Group. “Property values differ significantly in regional cities, depending on the quality of management operations, ... ( read original story ...)
BRIEF-Daikokuya Holdings unit to sell property located in Chiba prefecture
March 6 Daikokuya Holdings Co Ltd : * Says its unit plans to sell property located in Chiba prefecture at an undisclosed price on March 7 Source text in Japanese: goo.gl/ENylzv Further company coverage: (Beijing Headline News) ( read original story ...)
Suspect in land swindle sued in separate scam in Ibaraki
TOKYO (TR) – A man believed to belong to a fraud group in custody in the swindling of an elderly woman out of property valued at more than 70 million yen was also the defendant in a lawsuit concerning a much larger scam in Ibaraki Prefecture ... ( read original story ...)
Azabu Gardens: An Urban Oasis In The Heart Of Tokyo
The property is 8-minute walk from Azabujuban station, or 10-minutes from Roppongi station, giving you easy access to Tokyo and it’s surrounds whether that be for work related purposes or leisure. Azabu Gardens is undoubtedly one of the most sought ... ( read original story ...)
Which property markets are Asian investors bullish on?
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 ...)