Japan: News Archive

MAY 2008

• Japan a good buy in contrary trend - IHT

APRIL 2008

• Sotheby's International Realty opens its doors to embark on global luxury real estate brokerage - Japan's Corporate Ne

MARCH 2008

• Fitch: Limited impact on Japan's real estate majors from residential slowdown - Financial Channel
• Japan land prices rise in 2007. But honeymoon is over - New York Times
• Fitch: Limited Impact On Japan's real estate majors Ffrom residential slowdown - The Fin Channel

FEBRUARY 2008

• Asia Pacific property digest (pdf - requires free registration) - Jones Lang LaSalle

JANUARY 2008

• Living in Japan's past in traditional houses - IHT
• Long-term residents may face language test - Japan Times

DECEMBER 2007

• Share prices drop for Japanese real estate trusts - IHT
• Tokyo: stopover city - Telegraph UK

OCTOBER 2007

• How bad is deflation in Japan? - VOX
• Japan’s Property Rebounds, but REITs Struggle - International Trader

SEPTEMBER 2007

• Property overseas: On a mission to save the Japanese minka - Telegraph UK

AUGUST 2007

• Bank of Japan keeps interest rate steady - IHT
• Japanese pension fund group eyes real estate - IHT

JULY 2007

• ’5% statutory interest rate to be cut’ - Daily Yomiuri online

JUNE 2007

• Higher Rates and Cheaper Yen - Ohmy News
• Cheap loans for ’bright’ Japanese - BBC

APRIL 2007

• Japan central bank meets; interest rate expected to stay unchanged - IHT

MARCH 2007

• Japanese land prices rise for first time in 16 years - Financial Express
• Japan’s Interest-Rate Hike Could Collapse the System - Executive Intelligen

FEBRUARY 2007

• Japanese real estate - Financial Times (sub
• Japan set to be land of the slowly rising interest rate - Guardian Unlimited
• Funds step up Japanese investment - Asia Property Report

JANUARY 2007

• Japan Household Spending Drops, Interest Rate Hike in Doubt - CNBC News
• Japanese Property is Even Hotter Than I Thought - Daily Wealth
• Condo releases in Tokyo sink below 80,000 units - Asia Property Report
• Japanese stocks climb; dollar up vs. Yen - Associated Press

DECEMBER 2006

• A world view from Japan - IHT

NOVEMBER 2006

• The Housing Bubble: Made in China and Japan? - Of Two Minds Blog ne
• A price boom in Japan has locals perplexed - IHT

OCTOBER 2006

• A bull market in property is just beginning - but where? - Money Week
• Rise in Tokyo real estate market attracts investors from mideast - Gulfnews.com
• Japan: A Real, Real Estate Rebound - BusinessWeek

AUGUST 2006

• Bank survey says Tokyo has most buying power - Sun Herald
• Japanese land prices bounce back - BBC News
• Land prices in Japan rose in 2005 - IHT

JULY 2006

• Japan scraps zero interest rates - BBC News
• Key Japanese rate decision looms - BBC News
• Tokyo market insight (pdf - registration required) - Jones Lang LaSalle

JUNE 2006

• Japan Real Estate (pdf) - Alpha Watch
• Japhtan economic insight - Jones Lang LaSalle

MAY 2006

• Kobe, at bargain prices - IHT
• Japan may earn higher debt rating from S&P - IHT
• Japan index predicts continued growth - IHT

JANUARY 2006

• We’re going Japanese - Times Online
• How to win friends and rent apartments in Tokyo - IHT
• Apartment dwellers reach for sky in Japan - IHT
• The Japanese market is worth another look - Credit Suisse

DECEMBER 2005

• REITs mushroom across Japan - IHT

OCTOBER 2005

• Japan Leasing Update 2005 (pdf) - Colliers International - Colliers Internation
• Japan Investment Update 2005 (pdf) - Colliers Internation

SEPTEMBER 2005

• Land prices in Tokyo sustain increases - IHT

JULY 2005

• Local demand perks up in Japan - IHT
• The Japanese property bubble: Can it happen here? - Mail Tribune

MAY 2005

• Around Asia’s markets: Rebound in Japan property lifts mood - IHT

MARCH 2005

• Residential land in Tokyo shows hint of a rebound - IHT