Amid record-high unemployment and spiraling deflation, some leisure-related businesses are offering time-share deals for the right to share villas, luxury cars or pleasure boats in an attempt to lure customers.

A time-share participant talks to a Ceez Co. employee in front of the firm's office in Tokyo's Meguro Ward before taking his first ride in a Ferrari.

The businesses offer members the right to stay in a villa for a specified period each year for 10 or 20 years. The same concept is applied to the use of luxury cars and pleasure boats.