Matsuri Technologies, a Nagasaki startup, raised about $16 million to offer short-term rental stays. Plus, other travel startup funding news. ( read original story ...)
Fairly strong quake jolts Tokyo area, no tsunami warning issued
A fairly strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 jolted Tokyo and nearby areas on Thursday but no tsunami warning was i ... ( read original story ...)
Notorious Ben Neman puts DTLA parking lot up for sale
Main St., according to property records. CBRE has listed the 2.2 acre site–located where the Little Tokyo, Old Bank District and Civic Center neighborhood come together–as a good candidate for ... ( read original story ...)
Reinsurers set for calm Japanese renewal as XoL rate increases taper off
Reinsurers anticipate an orderly 1 April renewal of Japanese property reinsurance contracts, although some have expressed disappointment that the strong increases seen in 2020 and 2021 have tapered ... ( read original story ...)
Allianz Real Estate acquires 12 multi-family residential assets in Japan
Allianz Real Estate has acquired a portfolio of prime multi-family residential assets in Tokyo. The newly built assets comprise 280 units and offer more than 7,500 sqm net rentable area. ( read original story ...)
Best hotels in Tokyo: where to stay in style for all budgets
Tokyo near the city centre for luxury and style. From capsule hotels to luxurious hotels, stay near art galleries and shopping malls ... ( read original story ...)
For some shrinking towns in Japan, depopulation isn’t all bad news
For the first time, more than half of all municipalities in Japan will be designated by the government as wholly or partially underpopulated from April 1. ( read original story ...)
Naomi Osaka purchases mansion from Nick Lachey complete with full-size tennis court for $6.3MILLION
Osaka, who has made her reported $60million fortune off of her illustrious tennis career, will no doubt find plenty of use for the blue tennis court situated on the property Moving around ... ( read original story ...)
Mitsui, Tokyo Tatemono sell 79 Robinson Road office tower stake
CapitaLand Open End Real Estate Fund, CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust buy building in Singapore for S$1.3bn ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese businesses rely on properties to mitigate financial woes
They are selling their realties or converting their real estate into business assets. Whilst Japanese businesses are grappling with the pandemic and had their employees working from home or under a ... ( read original story ...)
Verisk estimates $2bn-$4bn property losses for earthquake in Japan
Insured property losses for the 16 March magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck offshore the island of Honshu will be between $2bn and $4bn, according to Verisk. ( read original story ...)
Verisk estimates $2bn to $4bn property losses for magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Japan
Insured property losses for the 16 March magnitude 7.3 earthquake that struck offshore the island of Honshu will be between $2bn and $4bn, according to Verisk. ( read original story ...)
‘Ghostwire: Tokyo’ is one part social commentary, one part Tokyo walking sim
Tokyo,” it dawns on me that, given the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, this is probably the closest I’ll get to hanging out in Tokyo for the foreseeable future. The new action-adventure RPG from Tango ... ( read original story ...)
‘Demon Slayer’ stirs interest in Tokyo’s old pleasure quarter
Shiroshi Nakae, the owner of a century-old restaurant in Tokyo’s Taito Ward, doesn’t want people to get the wrong idea about the charms of the local Yoshiwara area, which hosted a famed pleasure ... ( read original story ...)
‘Tokyo 24th Ward’ Episode 10 Live Stream: How To Watch Online, Preview [Spoilers]
Sakiko Tsuzuragawa is recovering in the hospital and Shuta Aoi pays her a visit in "Tokyo 24th Ward" Episode 10. The official Twitter account of the anime has released the preview ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s land prices rebound in 2021 as economy recovers from COVID-19 hit
TOKYO: Japanese land prices rebounded in 2021, after a drop in the previous year, as the property market recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic's hit to the economy, a government survey showed. While ... ( read original story ...)