Search - real_estate

 
 
JAPAN
Dec 9, 2012

Okinawa takes base row into its own hands

If the Liberal Democratic Party emerges victorious in next Sunday's Lower House election, one of the main tasks looming for the new government will be repairing diplomacy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 6, 2012

Deflation beatable in months: Abe adviser

Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa's former professor said the next central bank chief could end decades of deflation in just months by going beyond the current head's "very weak" efforts.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Japan Pulse
Dec 5, 2012

2012: The year in buildings

Shoppers and architecture buffs alike found plenty of new places to enjoy in Tokyo in 2012.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 29, 2012

Egypt protests highlight growing political divide

Egyptian opposition forces rallied across the country Tuesday and into early Wednesday in the biggest show of dissent against the country's first democratically elected leader since he precipitated a political crisis last week with an apparent bid to assume near-absolute power.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Nov 13, 2012

Kamakura, Kanagawa: What is your ideal pet?

JAPAN / Media / DARK SIDE OF THE RISING SUN
Nov 4, 2012

Angry mobster looms large over politicians

In Japan these days, the political world seems to be mirroring "Beat" Takeshi Kitano's latest yakuza film, "Outrage Beyond," which depicts Japan's ruling party as being well and truly in bed with the mob.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 30, 2012

Shinsei eyes REIT linked to nursing care

Shinsei Bank Ltd., the Japanese lender partly owned by J. Christopher Flowers, plans to set up a health care real estate investment trust to capture growth in one of the world's fastest-aging nations.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Oct 21, 2012

Watching the wealthy, a popular spectator sport

Twenty-five years ago, in what was to became known as the bubble economy, many Japanese suddenly found themselves awash in money.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Oct 12, 2012

Tax auditors running out of cheaters, ponder purpose in life

The economy is so bad, even tax investigators have nothing to do.
BUSINESS
Oct 5, 2012

Tokyu, Vietnam partner building 'Japanese town'

Railway operator and real estate developer Tokyu Corp. is helping create a "Japanese town" in Binh Duong, north of Ho Chi Minh City.
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2012

Sumitomo sees 'solar bubble' with rejection of nuclear power

As Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and billionaire Masayoshi Son lead a swarm of investors seeking to exploit Japan's solar power subsidies — the largest in the world — Sumitomo Corp. is betting on wind.
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2012

Brutality in Benghazi

The wave of violence that engulfed the Muslim world in the aftermath of the release of a video insulting Prophet Muhammad has receded. But there is far more to this sad episode than meets the eye.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
Sep 21, 2012

Quest to save at-risk heritage homes mixes art and real estate

Every now and again news gets around of some architecturally important building that is about to be demolished. Invariably, there arises a chorus of calls for better public preservation measures and, invariably, those calls go unheeded.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2012

Mitsui opens power-saving model 'smart house'

Mitsui Home Co. unveiled a "smart house" Monday equipped with temperature sensors and other high-tech gear that can help reduce electricity consumption by some 50 percent.
EDITORIALS
Sep 8, 2012

Cloudy outlook for economy

In its latest monthly economic report released on Aug. 28, the government downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time since October 2011 when the effects of the European sovereign debt crisis and the strong yen broadsided the economy.
COMMENTARY
Sep 5, 2012

Obama earns mediocre marks on economy

President Barack Obama's economic report card is at best mediocre. I'd give him a C+, while acknowledging that presidents usually don't much influence the economy. It's too big and subject to too many complex forces, from new technologies to global conditions.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / FOOD MATTERS
Aug 31, 2012

Farmers markets on the rise in Tokyo

In a city the size of Tokyo, it's all too easy to be unaware of where your food comes from. Most of what we eat is shipped in from far away, not just the extremities of the country but from all around the world. Japan's overall food self-sufficiency rate is bad enough — a mere 38.3 percent as of 2010....
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2012

New procedures at family courts

New procedures for handling family affairs cases at family courts will go into effect in January 2013 when revisions of related laws take effect. Currently, priority is given to investigations and decisions by family courts done at their discretion. Thus there is a tendency that full consideration is...
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Aug 23, 2012

Ippuku: Tokyo's new pay-as-you-go smoking space

Will smokers cough up cash for a smoke-free smoking lounge?
Reader Mail
Aug 19, 2012

Noda tempts economic disaster

Regarding the Aug. 11 front-page article "Upper House passes bill to hike sales levy": As someone who lives in Japan, I think raising the consumption tax at this time is an ill-conceived idea and one that could very well be the impetus for economic disaster.

Longform

Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
What comes after 100?