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BUSINESS
Apr 28, 2009

¥800 billion to prop up property

The Liberal Democratic Party-New Komeito ruling coalition aims to allocate ¥800 billion this year to support a domestic property market ravaged by the global credit crisis.
BUSINESS
Mar 31, 2009

Slumping market topples Azel

Real estate firm Azel Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Monday with the Tokyo District Court after accumulating ¥44.2 billion in liabilities.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 12, 2009

Credit crisis particularly hard on small firms

The failure of Pacific Holdings Co., a real estate manager that filed for bankruptcy protection with ¥163.6 billion in liabilities, highlights the funding problems at many firms.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2009

Lender SFCG folds; debts at ¥338 billion

SFCG Co., a Tokyo-based lender whose creditors include Citigroup Inc., filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, triggering a slump in financial stocks on concern the recession will cause more corporate failures.
BUSINESS
Feb 20, 2009

Nissan to tap European markets for cash

Nissan Motor Co., facing its first loss in nine years, plans to tap European capital markets, win government loans and sell real estate to maintain the cash it has on hand.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 21, 2008

The Japanese art of useless homes

Last spring, when the effects of the American sub-prime loan disaster were being felt but the world economy was still relatively OK, there was an article in the Asahi Shimbun written by one of the paper's financial reporters who recalled several years earlier a visit from a friend living in the United...
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2008

Tokyo condo supply rise seen in '09

The condominium supply in Tokyo and surrounding areas may rise for the first time in five years in 2009 after dropping to a 16-year low in 2008, the Real Estate Economic Research Institute said Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2008

Daiwa House to sell at loss to cut property glut

Daiwa House Industry Co., Japan's biggest home builder, said it may sell some houses and apartments at a loss to lure buyers as the recession threatens to prolong the country's longest housing slump.
LIFE / Language / KANJI CLINIC
Dec 16, 2008

A judgment on Aso in the negative . . . kanji-wise

Prime Minister Taro Aso is notorious for making insensitive off-the-cuff remarks to the media, and on more than one occasion recently, he has also raised eyebrows for mispronouncing kanji in his scripted speeches. Last month, speaking at prestigious Gakushuin University about the earthquake in May in...
BUSINESS
Oct 28, 2008

Mori sees 'full-blown' decline in Tokyo housing

Tokyo residential property prices may be poised for a major decline because of excess supply and flagging demand, according to Minoru Mori, chairman of Japan's biggest privately held developer.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle
Sep 28, 2008

Tales of experience from foreign homeowners

The following are the experiences of four foreigners who have ventured into property purchase in Japan.
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2008

Oaktree takes over Re-plus as REIT's sponsor goes under

U.S.-based private equity fund Oaktree Group said Thursday that it will take control of a Japanese real estate investment trust after its sponsor announced bankruptcy.
BUSINESS
Aug 22, 2008

Merrill Lynch may bid for Urban

Merrill Lynch & Co. and other overseas financial firms may bid to acquire failed real-estate developer Urban Corp. to obtain its $4.4 billion worth of assets, two officials involved in the matter said.
EDITORIALS
Mar 31, 2008

Land prices up for a second year

Average residential land prices nationwide increased 1.3 percent for the year as of Jan. 1, up from the 0.1 percent rise a year before, according to the land ministry. Average commercial land prices also gained for the second straight year, rising 3.8 percent, up from the previous year's 2.3 percent...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Mar 18, 2008

Figuring out 'cleaning fees'

Years ago, when a friend of mine was preparing to move back home to Los Angeles, I helped her clean her rented studio apartment in Tokyo. Shoving aside a pile of books, clothes and various other kinds of clutter, we wiped the wood floor, scrubbed the bathtub and polished the kitchen sink. We spent almost...
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2008

Anti-money laundering law

The law to prevent diversion of criminal proceeds went into full force March 1. Its primary purpose is to prevent money laundering. Last year the law covered mainly financial institutions. It now applies to real estate agents, precious metal dealers and jewelers as well as judicial scriveners, administrative...
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / CLOSE-UP
Mar 2, 2008

Shintaro Tsuji: 'Mr. Cute' shares his wisdoms and wit

Shintaro Tsuji isn't joking when he says he wants to make Hello Kitty, his company's best-selling character, into a brand name that rivals Gucci or Hermes.

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