He is a Japanese American but moved to Japan right after college so he does not have a credit score.

The company i worked for specialised in eradicating Japanese knotweed from UK development sites.

Keep in mind the US Supreme Court used a similar argument to justify the interment of Japanese citizens in WWII.  

It's a fun time to be in Japanese Real Estate.

The 2007 mostly global crash, and the early 1990s Japanese crash.  

I've been really good about improving my Japanese, staying fit and healthy, doing cool / fun / interesting stuff, etc.

This year she will begin attending a German University (She is fluent in German and also Spanish) where she will be studying International Business and also Asian Studies where she will either learn Chinese or Japanese.

Regarding comparisons to other countries, I have worked with the Japanese market for over 8 years. 8% is definitely high yield.

In the past the  sophisticated investors from Hong Kong were the dominant buyers in the Japanese real estate market.

There are people looking for a fast sale that are not in one of the disaster groups or are but don't like being associated with the others and they can put themselves in the want a fast sale group.Glenn reminded us of something very important, when to hand the card out, build a little rapport first.I remember one time when a group of Japanese investors invited several brokers to their hotel to meet.