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Lotte Holdings plans to expand its operations in Japan to 20 hotels and 4,500 rooms […]

Kyushu Railway Company, aka JR Kyushu, is developing a 7-story rental office building near the […]

Japan’s land prices increased for the sixth straight quarter, according to the latest LOOK Report […]

Honda Motor is transferring partial ownership of its Honda Aoyama Building to Mitsui Fudosan Residential, […]

A Tokyo-based cloud service provider has opened a GPU data center inside a former elementary […]

On August 26, a group aiming to restore and revitalize the Kenzo Tange-designed Kagawa Prefectural […]

The town of Niseko has found itself in a court battle after a former landowner […]

Mitsubishi Estate, Tokyu Land, and CRE are jointly developing a 700,000 square meter next-generation logistics […]

The average asking rent of an apartment in Tokyo’s 23 wards reached a record high […]

Global Agents, the operator of ‘social apartments’ or co-living housing, opened its first property in […]

Mizuho Financial Group announced the establishment of a new value-add fund to acquire aging buildings […]

On August 7, Ukai, the operator of fine-dining restaurants around the greater Tokyo area, announced […]

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Japan’s hotel industry continues to hit new strides as inbound tourism reaches new highs, but […]

Mitsui Fudosan has announced plans to invest an additional 300 billion Yen (US$2 billion) in […]

Construction costs in Okinawa reached a record high of 298,900 Yen per square meter in […]

On July 23, Dai-Ichi Life announced the completion of a timber and steel hybrid office […]

Rent an ‘akiya’ for ten years and it’s yours. That’s what one construction company in […]

Asking rents in Tokyo’s 23 wards reached 4,803 Yen per square meter in June, up […]

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Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward is requesting that developers impose a 5-year resale ban on new condo […]

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Short-term rental conversions are becoming a growing source of tension in Japan’s multi-family sector, with […]

Tokaido REIT is swapping student housing and multi-family assets with a student housing operator, with […]

The office vacancy rate in central Tokyo’s five business districts reached a 57-month low, dropping […]

Rental hikes, inflationary pressures, and a recovering office market. It was a quarter of recovery […]

A theme park developer and operator has acquired Izu Kanko Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. from Tokyu […]

NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation sold its share of the Research & Development building in […]

The ‘rosenka’ or roadside land values across Japan increased by an average of 2.7% in […]

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There has been a long-held belief that apartments with full bath tubs are a lot […]

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Fukuoka’s city center is seeing an influx of high-end rental listings as landlords target increasingly […]

With electrical supply struggling to keep up with growing demand, Chiba’s Inzai City, also known […]

Foreign students in Japan can often have a hard time finding rental housing due to […]

A recent survey of 2,000 residents carried out by Hakuba Village found that approximately 60% […]

The Nomura Real Estate Master Fund (NMF) is acquiring a 68-room hotel in Fukuoka for […]

On June 6, Seibu Real Estate released details on the redevelopment plans for the Grand […]

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Marriott International is planning to open a hotel in Koshu Valley, a famous wine region […]

Tokyo’s Meguro ward is considering relaxing building height limits to encourage developers to build more […]

The number of rental homes and apartments that welcome older tenants, defined as those over […]

A research report by the Nikkei Shimbun newspaper has found a sharp increase in the […]

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By 2027, Nissan Motor is considering the closure of seven plants worldwide, two of which […]

Tokyo’s Chuo City has started a program to acquire land with old ‘akiya’ or vacant […]

With growing demand for data center projects, driven largely by the expansion of cloud services […]

Rents for Grade A office in central Tokyo have recovered to 2021 levels, according to […]

Tokyo Metro, operator of Tokyo’s largest subway system, is launching its own hotel brand and […]

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Hoshino Resorts, operator of a number of ryokan and hotels, has launched a new hotel […]

Mitsubishi Estate, TSB Holdings, and Hilton announced that the 174-room Canopy by Hilton Tokyo Akasaka […]

Japan’s land values continued to rise in key locations this year, with commercial land values […]

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Japan’s land values continued to rise in key locations this year, with commercial land values […]

One REIT acquired the trust beneficiary rights to the Comfort Inn Nagoya Sakae Ekimae hotel […]

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Developer Tokyo Tatemono announced the official name of its new skyscraper under construction on the […]

Foreign tourists spent 41.5% more nights in hotels in 2024 compared to 2019, according to […]

On February 28, Hino Motors announced the sale of a portion of its land holdings […]

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For the past four quarters, land prices rose across all surveyed locations in major cities, […]

Yokohama City has selected a group to develop two adjoining land parcels in the Minato […]

Construction of Toranomon Alcea Tower was officially completed on February 14, though tenant move-ins are […]

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The average advertised rent of condo-type apartments in Tokyo’s 23 wards reached 4,332 Yen/m2 in […]

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Hotel occupancy rates in Kyoto may have yet to recover to 2019 levels, but ADRs […]

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ANA Crowne Plaza Osaka, an IHG Hotel, is closing its doors on October 15, coinciding […]

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Greater Tokyo (Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa prefectures) saw a net inflow of 135,843 residents […]

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Over the summer, a luxury rental apartment building along the coast in Zushi was completed. […]

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A high-rise hotel planned in the historic Nozawa Onsen village is causing a stir, according […]

ORIX JREIT is acquiring two serviced-apartment style hotels in Osaka and Kyoto for 7.85 billion […]

On December 23, the Japanese government announced the results of an investigation into land and […]

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Details on the redevelopment of the Imperial Theatre in Tokyo’s Marunouchi district were announced last […]

Record deals, record tourist numbers, and record hotel pricing. It was a record quarter for […]

This year, the government is cracking down on the naughty and widespread practice whereby listing […]

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Each year, a number of ski resorts across Japan cease operations. These closures are often […]

With inflation-adjusted real wages remaining stagnant in Japan, how have residential rents in major cites […]

A town-owned onsen hotel in Wakayama Prefecture’s Shirahama district will go up for sale next […]

The real estate market in Chitose City, Hokkaido, is going through a sudden and drastic […]

Hilton is planning to open a luxury 60-room hotel on a waterfront site in Miyajima, […]

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Amid rising material costs and a shortage of labour in the construction industry, over 30% […]

Tokyo’s office market continues to show signs of gradual recovery as vacancy rates improve and […]

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Ichigo Hotel REIT has sold a 302-room hotel in Osaka to an unnamed buyer for […]

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By 2050, the share of single-occupant households in Tokyo is expected to reach a record […]

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According to the Kyoto City Tourism Association, the average operating ratio across the 109 hotels […]

Lingerie company Wacoal Holdings is looking to offload its non-core real estate assets, as reported […]

Mitsui Fudosan and Mitsui Fudosan Resort Management are opening a luxury hot spring hotel on […]

The office vacancy rate in Sapporo’s business district has recently hit an eight-year high. According […]

Almost 20% of wooden buildings built to the old earthquake codes (pre-1981) were destroyed in […]

The Shibuya 2 Chome West District Redevelopment project will kick off in a few months. […]

Last month, Nomura Real Estate Development and Nomura Real Estate Wellness started construction on a […]

Heiwa Real Estate, Mitsubishi Estate, and Chuo-Nittochi Group have announced plans for a 140-meter tall, […]

The rise in inbound tourism is outpacing Hakuba’s supply of hotels, leading to a shortage […]

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Some countries and international cities may be banning Airbnb-style accommodation in an attempt to alleviate […]

The Hokkaido Railway Company (aka JR Hokkaido) is revising its plans for a skyscraper in […]

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JR Kyushu is planning to open a new station alongside the Hohi Line between Haramizu […]

The Japan Prime Realty Investment Corporation J-REIT is acquiring a 153-room hotel on the eastern […]

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At a city council meeting on September 17, Tottori City Mayor Yoshihiko Fukazawa announced a […]

Sapporo City in Hokkaido is experiencing a rise in residential rental prices as the rapid […]

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Standard Land Prices were announced on September 17, and a small town of just 36,000 […]

Central Tokyo’s office vacancy rate dropped to 4.76% in August, the lowest level seen since […]

Kikuyo Town near Kumamoto, the center of Kyushu’s semiconductor manufacturing boom, is preparing a new […]

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This November, Tokyu Land Corporation will open a 13-story tenant office building (pictured above) in […]

Fukuoka REIT, whose sponsors include the Kyushu Electric Power Company and Fukuoka Jisho, has acquired […]

Keihan Real Estate, a subsidiary of rail-related Keihan Group, along with several other companies, is […]

Kanden Realty & Development, a subsidiary of the Kansai Electric Power Company, has paid over […]

In a data-driven analysis into Tokyo’s multifamily real estate market, we examined a sample of […]

Châteraisé, a confectioner based in Yamanashi Prefecture, has acquired the Grande Polaire Katsunuma Winery from […]

A 130-meter tall, 21-story mixed-use building is planned for part of a city block just […]

Inzai City in Chiba is experiencing a data center rush and a doubling in city […]

Plans to convert a golf course in Kami Town, Miyagi Prefecture, into a mega solar […]

If you are investing in multifamily assets in Japan, you’re probably thinking about the potential […]

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Office rental data published by Sanko Estate illustrates how different sized buildings fared during the […]

Foreigners and potentially foreign-directed domestic companies acquired 90.6 hectares of farmland in Japan last year, […]

Plans for a luxury mixed-use development next-door to Fukuoka’s Canal City might be put on […]

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Although office vacancy rates in Tokyo have been shrinking and rents appear to be recovering […]

Kyushu may have a new hotspot, with Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE) signing a […]

Nippon Building Fund (NBF) has sold a 61-year old office building in Toranomon back to […]

A Hong Kong-based tech and investment firm has acquired the Awashima Hotel in Shizuoka. This […]

The Shinkansen bullet train was developed as passenger transport, but in recent years there have […]

Despite the excitement surrounding the new semiconductor plants in Kumamoto, new housing starts in Kikuyo […]

On July 22, the World Trade Center Building, Kajima Corporation, Tokyo Monorail, and JR East […]

It might have seemed like the end of the line for Sharp’s LCD factories, as […]

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Residential rental listings offering no deposit are on the rise across greater Tokyo, but those […]

Residents of Hiroshima’s Miyajima island are vehemently opposed to government plans for a luxury hotel. […]

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A news program recently ran a segment on how temples and shrines are being sold […]

Fosun International is selling Hoshino Resort Tomamu for approximately 40.8 billion Yen (US$252 million). Development […]

On July 1, the National Tax Agency published the annual ‘rosenka’ land tax values, with […]

Harumi Flag, the conversion of the Athlete’s Village on Tokyo Bay, is facing an oversupply […]

A Hong Kong fund has pulled out of a historic hotel conversion project in Kitakyushu’s […]

Small-lot real estate fund creator and operator, Financial Partners Group (FPG), has acquired the 18th […]

Let’s take a look at some recently reported sales on commercial buildings, including multi-family, office […]

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Next month, Netflix is coming out with a fictional series based on ‘jimenshi’ (地面師), or […]

An 18-hectare parcel of undeveloped forest in Kumamoto Prefecture that once had a lofty goal […]

Lately, Fukuoka seems to be a popular topic for foreign institutional investors. We have had […]

A 10-story office building across from Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo’s Chiyoda ward has changed hands […]

Of the 3,836 companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, 94 reported the sale of […]

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After opening its first Asian location in Kyoto in 2020, Fukuoka has been selected as […]

Kyoto City was in discussions with the owner of a nationally registered Tangible Cultural Property […]

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Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings is planning to invest 500 billion Yen (approx. US$3.2 billion) in a […]

A domestic developer acquired a 450 m2 development site in Omotesando in February. The property […]

There has been an abrupt change in plans for a hotel in Tachikawa, Tokyo. News […]

Ginza is perhaps the most famous retail destination in Japan. It’s also the most expensive […]

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There is a growing divide in the rental market between the small studio-type and larger […]

Hotel construction may have resumed to a normal pace post-pandemic, but the average floor size […]

With Japan’s inbound tourism market now starting to exceed pre-pandemic levels, conditions are looking positive […]

With the coming relocation of a university campus and expectations of a rise in tenant […]

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Domestic travel spending by Japanese travellers saw a 14.8% increase in 2023 compared to the […]

Japan has 9 million empty homes, according to the latest House and Land Statistical Survey […]

A high-rise tower containing luxury rental apartments and an internationally-branded hotel is set to open […]

Major corporate tenants in Tokyo are placing increasing priority on location as they seek convenience. […]

With growing interest in Japan’s commercial real estate market, we have decided to publish real […]

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Semiconductor factories are driving several localized property booms in otherwise quiet parts of Japan. One […]