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Some rural Hong Kong men with special land rights call for end to colonial system
Sitting in the spacious courtyard of an 18th-century ancestral hall belonging to his clan, William Liu defiantly rejects a lucrative birthright that his special status as one of Hong Kong's male indigenous villagers affords him. Liu hails from the rural northern part of Hong Kong ...
Starting fresh in Tokyo is easier than you think
I know what you're thinking: Moving to Tokyo is going to be a whole world of stress. That's what I thought at least. There was the language barrier, the fact that I had no idea where in the city I wanted to live and ...
Both the company and the authorities need to determine why such a large-scale faulty construction was allowed to happen and take steps to ensure such problems aren't repeated in the future.
Leopalace21 to ask over 14,000 residents across Japan to vacate apartments after probe finds defects
Rental apartment operator Leopalace21 Corp. said Thursday it will ask 14,443 residents to move out as it plans to repair defects found in 1,324 of its apartments. The company said a probe found faulty installation of a fire-resistant material in ceilings and the use of ...
In a slum built in Cambodian cemetery, the living far outnumber the dead
When floodwaters swept a chunk of riverbank into the Mekong just south of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, Sun Ramaly managed to save her clothes and her kitchen utensils. Her one-room shack, however, crumbled into the river. Along with a handful of families whose meager ...
Humming U.S. factories end 2018 on sour note as five Fed indexes slip, Trump trade worries surge
Five Federal Reserve indexes of regional manufacturing all slumped in December, the first time they've fallen in unison since May 2016 and the latest evidence that a pillar of the U.S. economy has started to wobble heading into next year. The Dallas Fed's factory index ...
Ruling bloc approves tax reforms, with breaks for Japan's home and car buyers
The move is an attempt to underpin demand after a consumption tax hike slated for October next year takes effect.
Japan's government and ruling bloc are considering extending tax breaks for those who sell houses they inherited from their parents by four years until the end 2023, sources have said. The tax cut extension is aimed at helping shore up real estate trading and preventing ...
Japanese housebuilding startup Homma seeks to give U.S. housing market a dose of innovation
Not every Japanese entrepreneur manages to launch a startup in Silicon Valley, and odds are even lower if that person wants to take on the challenge of the U.S. housing market. But this is an adventure that Takeshi Homma has embarked on with his company, ...
Japanese housing firms target Asian markets due to shrinking business at home
Japanese housing manufacturers have been strengthening their overseas businesses, tapping into potential growth in China and other Asian countries as demand for new construction declines in the shrinking domestic market. Property developers such as Panasonic Homes Co. and Daiwa House Industry Co. have been trying ...
Over 50 percent of people in Japan have considered living with or near their parents
Over 50 percent of people in Japan have considered living with or close to their parents — nearly double the share of parents who have had similar thoughts regarding their children — a private-sector survey has revealed. According to the survey, which was focused on ...
Japan to promote use of empty buildings as satellite offices
The land ministry aims to support efforts to utilize the country's empty buildings as satellite offices or shared workspaces, according to informed sources. The Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry hopes to have related costs included in its budget request for fiscal 2019, which starts ...
