Japan

Property Rights Index - Japan Compared to Continent

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Hong Kong	90
Singapore	90
Japan	70
South Korea	70
Taiwan	70
India	50
Malaysia	50
Sri Lanka	50
Thailand	50
Armenia	35
Georgia	35
Azerbaijan	30
Cambodia	30
Indonesia	30
Kazakhstan	30
Kyrgyztan	30
Mongolia	30
Nepal	30
Pakistan	30
Philippines	30
Tajikistan	30
Uzbekistan	30
Bangladesh	25
China	20
Laos	10
Myanmar	10
North Korea	10
Turkmenistan	10
Vietnam	10

 

 

Japan: Property rights index

A subcomponent of the Index of Economic Freedom, the property rights index measures the degree to which a country’s laws protect private property rights, and the degree to which its government enforces those laws.

Higher scores are more desirable, i.e. property rights are better protected. Scores are from 0 to 100.

The index also assesses the likelihood that private property will be expropriated and analyzes the independence of the judiciary, the existence of corruption within the judiciary, and the ability of individuals and businesses to enforce contracts.

The Global Property Guide considers protection of property rights as a significant factor affecting the desirability of a residential real estate investment.

Source: The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

 

Japan does not publish official house price statistics, so land prices are taken as a proxy. Land price statistics are available from the Japan Real Estate Institute (JREI), as well as rent index. For a summary of Japan’s economic and real estate trends, see monthly JREI reports. Japan’s Statistics Bureau and the Bank of Japan have good collections of general economics data.