The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering establishing a fund for housing support for the middle class at a time when condominium prices in central Tokyo are soaring, informed sources have said ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Nov. 7 announced it had selected four groups to operate public-private funds totaling ...

New York and San Francisco are in the midst of what they call a building boom. But there are building booms, and then there’s business as usual in Tokyo. Last month, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government ...

Housing Japan launches its Investment Sales Division, offering a comprehensive mix of property investment, sales assistance, and management services in Tokyo's luxury real estate market. TOKYO, JAPAN ...

Yoshio Nakamura knows what it’s like to lose a home. After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, the U.S. government forced his family and 120,000 others of Japanese descent from their West Coast ...

In March–the latest month for which data are available–housing starts plummeted 15.6 percent from the year before.New Tokyo-area condo sales dropped to a 14-year low in the year to March and average ...

YUTA Yamasaki and his wife moved from southern Japan to Tokyo a decade ago because job prospects were better in the big city. They now have three sons – ages 10, eight and six – and are looking for a ...

Deciding between Tokyo and Osaka when relocating to Japan with children isn’t necessarily a matter of selecting the larger or ...

A couple in Tokyo were all set to move into a new home when a real estate agent abruptly relayed a message from the apartment management company. “We regret to inform you that we cannot proceed with ...

TOKYO -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday finalized a plan to develop a medium-rise housing complex with roughly 5,000 units in the Harumi area in Tokyo's Chuo Ward. The complex will house ...