Their property is a couple blocks from Mitsuwa the Japanese grocery market, not sure of the exact street.

That video brought tears to my eyes.Then, the video mentions something like people who earn $150k, or $300k (can't remember) tell everyone they don't earn enough money to purchase a property.Then, there is the story I told 100 times on BP about the 20-year old Japanese girl who ran away from her parents in Japan, arrived in this country with zero money, never got a job, never had a driver license, never had a boyfriend and in 7 years she owned (financed) 18 condos and single family homes in upper middle-class neighborhoods and she called me on the phone and told me she had purchased a $550k house in Las Vegas and another house in Victorville California making her total 20 houses.It was strange when I met the Japanese girl in 2001 because I had just purchased my first apartment building that was 28 units and she saw me working on the apartments every day and she wanted to hustle me for free work and rides all over the city.

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.