Aeon mall from japan have build a mall there and planning on another one soon.  

It's ridiculous, considering the fact that they don't get paid if its vacant, how so many of them are below standards in the US, from what people testify here and in other places.Thankfully we hardly run into PM or tenancy issues in Japan, but when they do occur, its a nightmare...Good luck with the cash flow increase, too.

This is not unique at all as there are many countries in the world where foreigners cannot own freehold and landed property except in certain circumstances and these countries include Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Switzerland, Vietnam, Korea, Japan etc. etc As a consequence in our situation we are NOT a condominium but are classed as an APARTMENT complex [REMOVED] and [REMOVED] (a different meaning in law) and as such we only do Leasehold but as previously explained we then give the Land Ownership Company to the owners themselves so they are leasing from themselves and become both the Lessor and Lessee, nothing could be safer!

Hello All,After making a few investments in East Bay last year and managing them personally this year, I am now ready to make some more investments, preferably outside of the Bay Area for diversification purposes (Japan earthquake is fresh in my mind too).

For instance I just came back from Japan for a 5 month work trip, and I am about to travel to San Diego for an 11 month work trip, and I currently live near Tacoma, WA (probably spend the least amount of time home between those two places).

Bad and good areas can be radically different in different countries, too (and with today's technology and ease of business transactions, the world's your oyster) - a bad neighbourhood in Japan means factory and shift workers, blue collar folk who, aside from potentially being a few weeks late in payment, would never trash or harm a property, or even cause their neighbours to complain about anything.In the US - different story altogether.

I retired from Japan in 2009. 

One was the tsunami in Japan.

After the light rails were rebuilt(they were there from late 19 c until GM bought the company striped all west coast rails to Japan for war raw materials), developers started building some high rises. 

Faced with strict building codes, a family finds ways to work ultramodern design into a storied setting.What do you do if you want an ultramodern house in ultratraditional Kyoto, the cultural heart of Japan?