Japan is very popular right now. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), an astounding 40% more foreigners came to Japan in January 2025 than the previous year. Fueled by the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The house that property consultant and ghost investigator Kazutoshi Kodama regularly surveys has a grim history: seven years ago, an elderly woman hanged herself in the bathroom and ...

TOKYO, Sep 1 (Reuters) - A new wave of big private equity players including KKR & Co is moving in on Japan's property market, drawn by attractive yield spreads with Japan's low interest rates and by ...

Condo prices in Tokyo's 23 wards jumped about 64% from 2021 to 2025, far outpacing the 26% rise across the greater Tokyo area. Property price surge sparked debates around foreign capital restrictions ...

Japan’s bond meltdown last week is threatening to further curb fundraising by real estate investment trusts that has already slowed to a crawl because of rising financing costs.

Foreign investments into Japan's real estate sector have been burgeoning in the past year, buoyed by a weak Japanese yen and the country's ultra-loose monetary policy. Boosting the hot demand for ...

With all the information about real estate online, has real estate become a self-service industry? In the modern era, with so many online listings for property, do buyers still need a real estate ...

This story appears in the November 2024 issue of Forbes Asia. Subscribe to Forbes Asia This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Asia’s Power Business Women 2024. See the full list here. The Japanese ...

Japanese real estate firm GATES has launched an ambitious plan to tokenize over $200 billion in property assets, beginning with $75 million worth of prime real estate in central Tokyo. The initiative ...