If anything I would say BH is an insurance company, but they do obviously have the real estate piece, oil and gas, apple, some big Japanese compioes, building suppliers like ACME brick, BNSF railroad, and I'm sure a lot of other pieces and parts.   

and it's slowly moving to India (and China) anyway .... this is serious as silicon valley is not sustainable too.and hollywood movie is also replaced by Bollywood and Japanese/Korean movie so ....

These properties take years to sell and they have big numbers on them 10 mil and up and almost 100% are sold to Japanese or lately Chinese.. .

The French, Japanese and several Middle Eastern countries have mastered longevity.

I'm interested either way, my wife is Japanese.

Yes, foreigners can buy property in Japan.The Japanese Culture & EconomyWormann's book also talks about the Japan's culture and economy as it relates to real estate.

Good Japanese go to San Mateo.

I appreciate your input it’s helping me a lot to think about the Japanese mindset when it comes to rental properties. 

I am bilingual fluent in both English and Japanese. 

Maybe compare stocks to commodities or European stocks or Japanese stocks- something that is more similar in risk and in payout method.