Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing will invest an additional 2.5 billion yen ($17.3 million) in a real estate subsidiary in Singapore, looking to expand the portfolio of properties and other ... ( read original story ...)
Tour 5 Japanese-Inspired Modern Homes That Embody Contemporary Elegance
The house is largely divided into two sides, but since it was constructed in the middle of the last century, the layout didn’t feel appropriate for a contemporary lifestyle. Before, the home had a ... ( read original story ...)
Wealthy expats reject ‘unfriendly’ Tokyo for onerous work culture and slum-like streets
Tokyo ranked in the bottom 10 cities for expats to live in 2022 owing to its onerous work culture and 'unfriendliness' ... ( read original story ...)
He turned his childhood home in the Japanese countryside into a multipurpose property with 12 round, wooden houses. Now he’s trying to sell it for $1.58 million — check it out.
Inspired by traditional Japanese architecture, Mizuno decided that he wanted to build a cluster of round, wooden houses on the property instead. There are a total of 12 buildings: one main house for ... ( read original story ...)
This Very ’70s Beverly Hills Home With Its Own Japanese Tea House Just Listed for $10.5 Million
One new California listing has everything you need to find your zen. ( read original story ...)
Microbot Medical Expand IP protection in Japan
This Design Patent complements previously received protection in Japan covering the unique design of the LIBERTY ... in major global territories is not only enhancing our intellectual property ... ( read original story ...)
Meet the typical Japanese millennial: Victims of the country’s ‘Lost Decade,’ they are trapped in dead-end jobs and are adamant about never having kids
From 1986 to 1991, Japan experienced an economic bubble during which assets and property prices were vastly inflated. Then Japan's asset bubble burst in the early 1990s. The situation was so bad that ... ( read original story ...)
Village House Japan And Aichi Prefecture Officials Agree On New Disaster Relief Shelters Locations In The Tokai Region
TOKYO, JAPAN - media outreach - 20 June 2023 - On 25 May 2022, village house management co., ltd. signed an agreement with the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan police officer tells visitor reporting lost passport to ‘go back to China’
A sergeant at a police station here told a visitor believed to be a foreigner reporting a lost passport to "go back to China" during an arg･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
The little-known plant that’s ‘as dangerous as Japanese knotweed’ – and you face a £5k fine for planting it or PRISON
A NEW form of weed which destroys other plants is on the rise – but anyone planting it faces a £5,000 fine or even two years in prison. The pest named Himalayan balsam is invading – ... ( read original story ...)
Why surging Tokyo flat prices are unlikely to herald a new Japan asset price bubble
"Borrowers are effectively holding the BOJ hostage," said Zoe Ward, founder and chief executive of Japan Property Central in Tokyo. What is clear is that low rates, coupled with a long period of ... ( read original story ...)
Centara to debut in Japan with Centara Grand Osaka, first-look images revealed
Centara Hotels & Resorts, Thailand's leading hospitality operator, announces the opening of Centara Grand Hotel Osaka, its newest property and Centara’s first-ever foray into the Japanese market, on ... ( read original story ...)
5 answers to common problems when moving to Japan
Moving to Japan for work can be an exciting and life changing experience, but it also comes with its fair share of challenges. From opening a bank account to apartment hunting, from the language ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s tourism, economic growth attract fivefold increase in foreign investments in hotel assets
Japan’s hotel sector drew a fivefold increase in overseas investment to US$691 million year to date amid a revival in the nation’s tourism fortunes. ( read original story ...)
The world’s most disorientating home? Look inside Japan’s puzzle house
Located in Fukushima-Ku ward, a residential area in the heart of Osaka, it capitalises on the compact, 128-square-metre plot with a radical 13-level design. Devoid of interior walls and doors, the ... ( read original story ...)
Mubadala forms $600 million Japanese residential property venture
Abu Dhabi state investor Mubadala has formed a joint venture with Proprium Capital Partners and Manulife Investment Management to build an up to 80 billion yen ($572 million) property portfolio, Mubad ... ( read original story ...)