Rents in Japan compared to Asia

This is a comparison of median monthly rental prices in the most expensive region of the capital/most important city for a 1-bedroom apartment. The numbers are based on our in-house research.

Singapore $ 3,800
Hong Kong $ 3,175
Japan, Tokyo $ 1,270
Indonesia, Jakarta $ 975
Thailand, Bangkok $ 953
Georgia, Tbilisi $ 945
Taiwan, Taipei $ 780
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur $ 770
Philippines, Manila $ 730
Vietnam/HCMC, Hanoi $ 670
India, Mumbai $ 541

Japan has house price statistics, particularly monthly average condominium prices in Tokyo, published by the Land Institute of Japan. 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