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JAPAN
Oct 11, 2008

1,500 fed-up Kyushu citizens sue to evict yakuza HQ

KURUME, Fukuoka Pref. — The yakuza's reputation for unpredictability and violence keeps journalists away, but a deadly turf war between two rival gangs in Kyushu has made the mob reluctant media fodder.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 19, 2008

Are '70s landmarks savable?

Standing along Tokyo's Omote-sando Dori leading up to Meiji Shrine, the glassy, glittering, five-story Hanae Mori Building has been a landmark in the swanky Aoyama shopping district for 30 years.
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2008

Death-penalty foe fined by court

The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday overturned a lower court ruling and fined lawyer Yoshihiro Yasuda ¥500,000 for obstructing compulsory seizures of the assets of his client by moneylenders between 1993 and 1996.
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2007

Blackstone sets up office in Japan

Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's biggest buyout fund, has set up an office in Japan and is seeking to invest in real estate, company spokesman John Ford said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2007

Nomura looking to hire Asia property bankers

Nomura Holdings Inc. plans to hire more real estate bankers in Asian markets outside Japan, adding resources to growing areas as it exits unprofitable U.S. operations.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2007

Murderer-for-insurance gets 25 years, DVD confession or no

The Tokyo District Court sentenced a man to 25 years in prison for murder Wednesday in a case that drew national attention for allowing a recorded interrogation to be used as evidence for the first time.
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2007

Aussie skiers spark land boom in Niseko

"When I started the business, people told me 'Ben, you're crazy, it's too expensive,' " he said. "But our buyers were saying the opposite: 'Ben, you're crazy. Why is it so cheap?' " suggesting properties in the area are still underpriced compared with overseas ski resorts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 31, 2006

Trump thanks Hawaii hotel investors

Real estate mogul Donald Trump is wooing well-healed Japanese to invest in Hawaii real estate, given the unprecedented rise in Japan in the number of high net worth investors.
JAPAN
Mar 3, 2006

Bank exec, gangster held over loan

Police said Thursday they arrested seven people, including the chairman of a Tokyo-based "shinkin" savings-and-loan bank and a gang leader, on suspicion they conspired to arrange an illegal loan to a company linked to the mobster, despite knowing it would cause losses for the bank.
BUSINESS
Nov 22, 2005

Biometric systems popular with condo buyers

With crime rising, an increasing number of condominiums are being equipped with biometric security systems able to identify people by scanning their faces, fingerprints or other physical characteristics.
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2005

Seibu Railway provided 400 million yen to ultranationalist through land deals

Seibu Railway Co. provided 400 million yen to a former high-ranking member of an ultranationalist group in the six years to 2003 via a string of transactions involving land in Kanagawa Prefecture, sources said Saturday.
CULTURE / Books / THE ASIAN BOOKSHELF
Jul 3, 2005

Writers ask: Are you being served?

SAYING YES TO JAPAN: How Outsiders are Reviving a Trillion Dollar Services Market, by Tim Clark and Carl Kay. New York: Vertical, 2005. 175 pp., $14.95 (paper). Readers familiar with Japan are in danger of whiplash when reading this entertaining and informative book about Japan's services sector. Some...
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Apr 5, 2005

Burned out, wills and tax advice

Fire! Last week our house had a fire We had just moved into a rental house and paid all the key money, real estate fees etc. and nine days later our neighbor's house had a major fire, which spread to ours. The neighbor's house is completely burned, and one person died. My family all escaped unhurt,...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 28, 2004

Judge reverses Kunitachi ruling

The Tokyo High Court reversed a lower court ruling Wednesday and withdrew an order for a real estate developer to remove the top seven floors of an apartment building in Kunitachi, western Tokyo.
EDITORIALS
May 28, 2004

Banks and their 'debt of gratitude'

It appears that most of Japan's top banks are making good progress toward cleaning up their nonperforming loans. They may not be out of the woods yet, but their latest financial reports indicate that they are on track to meeting a government target for bad-debt reduction in fiscal 2004, which ends March...
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2004

Land ministry to prod realtors on renting to foreigners

The land ministry will compile guidelines for real estate agents on procedures for leasing property to foreign renters to make it easier for them to obtain housing, ministry officials said Wednesday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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