I was there when the Japanese were buying up Kahala estates from the back of their limo's.    

For those of you who think it is impossible for rates to go any lower, the Japanese and European 10 year bond is less than 1%  where we are currently at 2% today.The markets can stay irrational for some time, but fundamentals will always win out in the long run from my experience.

Tourist there seem to be mostly American, Canadian and British, though I did run into some Chinese and Japanese.8.

When I checked the US Dollar over the previous five has not significantly changed in value when compared to the Euro, The British Pound, The Japanese Yen, The Australian Dollar, or the Canadian Dollar.

Japanese bike thing.

Whereas previous downward pressure on the economy has been financially related; sub-prime mortgages, Japanese boom, etc. 

Japanese-American's were not slaves that labored on the construction of The White House.They where busy building the RR's different time I know (just that the US has always taken advantage of desperate people) We (American Corperations) are doing it now in third world countries outsourcing American jobs to sweatshops paying pennies an hour.

From the last name, I am guessing you are Japanese? 

Torrance is a fairly high-priced area in California.She rented the condo (more of a townhouse style) to about 12 Japanese college students.

As Kyoto is a old city, as Japanese do not like old houses, you could get as low as 130k if you look hard enough.