Search - real_estate

 
Menu
Search
 
July 14, 2025
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access
5,242 results
Sort by: Relevance Newest Oldest
After adjusting your search parameters, press Enter on your keyboard or click on the red magnifying glass to run your query again.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Dec 24, 2005

WeLoveSnow.com puts Yuzawa on winter map

Neil Riley is up to his eyes in snow. And he's delighted.
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2005

Law eyed to govern sales of high-risk investment tools

A key advisory panel to the government has completed a report on legislative recommendations for clauses in an envisioned comprehensive law to govern sales methods for high-risk investment tools.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2005

Aneha, four subcontractors face charges

In addition to pressing charges against disgraced architect Hidetsugu Aneha, police will go after four firms that subcontracted the structural designs of four properties to him in connection with the quake-resistance data fabrication scandal, sources said Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2005

Inter Planet to buy Kanebo realtors

Kanebo Ltd. said Tuesday it will sell its two realty business subsidiaries Kanebo Real Estate Ltd. and Kanebo Holiday to Osaka-based realty developer Inter Planet Co.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2005

Panel seeks to prevent fake building data

An infrastructure ministry council began discussions Monday to devise measures against building-strength data fabrications in the wake of the spreading shock waves being felt nationwide over revelations that an architect faked data for scores of buildings, forcing widespread closures and evictions.
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2005

Charges eyed in faked data on quake safety

The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry will file a criminal accusation as early as this month against a Chiba Prefecture-based architectural design office and six architectural design firms in connection with the fabrication of data concerning the quake-resistance of 21 buildings, sources said...
CULTURE / Film
Nov 11, 2005

From sour to sweet

Danny Boyle, the auteur who brought us "Shallow Grave," who amazed us with "Trainspotting," and who started a new trend in the zombie/horror genre with "28 Days Later," has come out with his latest: a movie called "Millions," starring two little brothers, aged 8 and 10. You read that right: children...
JAPAN
Oct 15, 2005

TBS set to fight Rakuten's bid

Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. may take countermeasures against online shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., which has suddenly emerged as the TV station's biggest shareholder and takeover threat, market sources said Friday.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2005

Rakuten, Murakami grab stakes in TBS

Top e-commerce firm Rakuten Inc. has acquired a 15.46 percent equity stake in Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. and proposed integrating management of the two firms under a holding company, Rakuten's president said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2005

Supreme Court upholds former Itoman exec's 10-year term

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal filed by a former managing director of the now-defunct trading house Itoman Corp. against his prison sentence for his part in a scam that caused the company to incur huge losses, judicial sources said Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Oct 4, 2005

Heisei Denden files for court protection

Telecommunications venture firm Heisei Denden Co. said Monday it has filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors, with debts reaching some 120 billion yen as of the end of September.
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2005

Tokyo land prices see first rise in 15 years

Land prices in Tokyo have risen for the first time since 1990, the government said Tuesday, bearing out ever-widening views of a pickup in the economy.
BUSINESS
Sep 13, 2005

Competition heats up in household energy market

Fierce competition is heating up among electric, gas and oil companies to win more household customers and increase sales.
BUSINESS
Sep 6, 2005

Capital spending surges 7.3%

Companies' capital spending grew 7.3 percent from a year earlier in the April-June period on an all-industry basis for the ninth straight quarter of expansion, the Finance Ministry reported Monday.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Sep 4, 2005

The aged better off heading for the hills on their limited pensions

The main opposition parties claim that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's attempt to make the upcoming Lower House election a referendum on postal reform is simply a scheme to deflect public attention away from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's fiscal failures under his leadership. Consequently,...
BUSINESS
Aug 30, 2005

Oil-triggered slump in U.S. is the worry in Japan

Crude oil prices around $60 to $70 a barrel for the next six months will have little direct impact on the Japanese economy, but look out for indirect hits if higher prices hurt consumption in the U.S., economists say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2005

Innkeeper puts on her promotional face

Fumiko Motoya is one of the best-known faces of corporate Japan.
BUSINESS
Aug 17, 2005

Investor funds flourish, but caveat emptor

Ranging from hip-hop music to premium wines and a ramen court, funds are emerging in myriad fields to whet the appetites of investors tired of the minuscule interest on regular bank deposits and eager for a taste of adventure.
BUSINESS
Aug 12, 2005

Don Quijote buys big 'bento' stake

Discount retailer Don Quijote Co. said Thursday it has acquired a 23.62 percent stake in Origin Toshu Co., which runs a chain of shops selling "bento" boxed meals, for 8.09 billion yen.
Japan Times
JAPAN / 60 YEARS AND ONWARD
Aug 5, 2005

Postwar labor scene still grim for working women

Choice has been a long time coming for Japan's working women.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2005

Accused hostess killer uses her diaries

The accused killer of a British bar hostess who was raped and murdered in 2000 defended himself in court Wednesday, citing a lack of evidence linking him to the crime and painting his alleged victim a mentally unstable drug-user.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Osaka police crack down on crime ring over underage prostitution
Osaka Prefectural Police headquarters
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
U.S. urges clarity on Japan’s role in potential war over Taiwan, report says
A Ground Self-Defense Force member conducts a military drill with an anti-ship missiles unit, at the GSDF's base on Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture in April 2022.
Tourists in Japan have telemedicine options before calling 119
Foreign tourists at Tsukiji Outer Market in Tokyo. More than 1 million international visitors have a medical issue in Japan every year.
Is Japanese skin really ‘too smooth’ for Hideo Kojima’s games?
Hideo Kojima, the leading auteur in Japanese video games, has skirted controversy in the wake of the release of Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

After pandemic-era border regulations eased, Indian migrants began returning to Japan. Their population now stands at more than 50,000 across the country.
How remote work is rewriting the migrant experience in Japan
By Megha Wadhwa

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after
Smile! It’s ‘Sanrio Time,’ now and ever after

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER