Japanese garden design informs Mitsui & Co real estate office
Lush plants and gravel beds feature in the Tokyo offices of real estate company Mitsui & Co, which local interior studio Flooat has designed to be “as stress-free as possible”.…
Global Investors Keep Faith in Japanese Apartments
Japanese rental apartments continue to be a favourite among international investors (Getty Images) Average rents in Japan’s multi-family residential sector grew less than 1 percent between 2020 and 2022 despite…
Institutions get pickier amid high interest in Japanese residential assets | Alternatives
As Japanese multifamily residential assets, or rental home properties, become an increasingly sought-after subcategory among real estate fund managers and institutional investors, the market has also become more crowded. The…
10 Japanese ski properties for sale that aren’t in Niseko
It’s only a couple of weeks until the snow will begin to fall on the high peaks of Hokkaido and less than 3 months before Japan’s top ski resorts will…
Institutions beef up Japanese real estate exposure | Alternatives
Although allocations to Asia’s real estate markets saw a drop in first half of 2023,Institutional investor interest in Japanese bricks and mortar persists even as allocations to Asia’s real estate…
Why are big asset managers buying Japanese hotels?
A rapid tourism recovery in Japan, bolstered by the return of Chinese visitors, and the highest level of inflation in four decades are fueling a boom in hotel investment in the…
Japanese investors bullish on New York real estate again
An email sent to Tokyo Trust’s corporate headquarters for comment went unreturned. But in a statement about the purchase, firm CEO Minoru Machida said that the real estate industry in…
Japanese Couple Builds Zen Family Home and Airbnb in Countryside, Lists It for Sale
A Japanese couple spent over two years building a cluster of round, wooden houses in the countryside. Kodawari Mizuno and his wife lived in one house and rented the rest…
Meet the CEO: NYC commercial real estate boss Chris Okada on Japanese influences
Building a real estate legacy in New York City Arriving in NYC from Japan in 1967 with just US$200 in his pocket, as globalisation, sushi, and other Japanese goods were…
The problem with Japanese homes | Culture
For as much as Japan is a country of celebrated traditions, ancient historical sights, and longstanding customs, it is also a country of dynamism and constant reinvention. When I learned…