Japan is very popular right now. According to the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), an astounding 40% more foreigners came to Japan in January 2025 than the previous year. Fueled by the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Investors may need to recalibrate their approach to Japanese real estate as inflation returns after decades of falling prices.

TOKYO (Reuters) -The house that property consultant and ghost investigator Kazutoshi Kodama regularly surveys has a grim history: seven years ago, an elderly woman hanged herself in the bathroom and ...

Condo prices in Tokyo's 23 wards jumped about 64% from 2021 to 2025, far outpacing the 26% rise across the greater Tokyo area. Property price surge sparked debates around foreign capital restrictions ...

With all the information about real estate online, has real estate become a self-service industry? In the modern era, with so many online listings for property, do buyers still need a real estate ...

Foreign investments into Japan's real estate sector have been burgeoning in the past year, buoyed by a weak Japanese yen and the country's ultra-loose monetary policy. Boosting the hot demand for ...

This story appears in the November 2024 issue of Forbes Asia. Subscribe to Forbes Asia This story is part of Forbes’ coverage of Asia’s Power Business Women 2024. See the full list here. The Japanese ...

Singapore investors are snapping up Japanese real estate, lured by a weaker yen and the prospect of tourism-driven growth in the second-largest metropolitan area Osaka. International property agent FM ...

More than 8.5 million abandoned homes in rural Japan are creating a "ghost town" problem. A push into the city and population decline are two reasons these homes sit empty. Locals see them as a burden ...