Japan Prices Death Into Its Housing Market — and Buyers Have Begun to Bite
Tokyo prices hit records and Japan's "death-tainted" jiko bukken homes found buyers. Zagdim unpacks the tiered discounts, MLIT disclosure rules,...
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Japan Formalises Cross-Agency Foreign-Investment Screening: What the New JFIC Committee Is — and Isn’t
Japan has established the Foreign Investment Review Committee (JFIC) under Articles 69-3 and 69-4 of the Foreign Exchange and Foreign...
Read moreDetailsHong Kong launches Seamless e-Channel for frequent HZMB travelers
Hong Kong has launched a new Seamless e-Channel at the departure hall of the Hong Kong Port of the Hong...
Read moreDetailsThailand Property in Q1 2026: Why More Homes Changed Hands Even as the Future Supply Pipeline Shrank
Thailand's Q1 2026 housing data contains two things that can look contradictory but aren't: completed home transfers and new mortgage...
Read moreDetailsUK closes Graduate visa gap for UK-born children under new immigration rules
The UK Home Office has laid a new Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules that closes a narrow gap...
Read moreDetailsThe UK Sets Out Who Regulates a Stablecoin — and What Changes When One Becomes “Systemic”
The Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have set out how the UK intends to regulate...
Read moreDetailsVietnam–Singapore QR payments go live for Singapore users visiting Vietnam
Vietnam and Singapore launched a new cross-border QR payment service in Hanoi on 2 July 2026, giving users of participating...
Read moreDetailsAustralia’s July 2026 Skilled-Visa Salary Thresholds Raise the Planning Bar for Employer Sponsorship
From 1 July 2026, Australia raised the salary thresholds that employers must meet to sponsor skilled workers, alongside increases to...
Read moreDetailsJuly 2026 U.S. Visa Bulletin: China EB-1 and EB-2 Dates Show Why Category-Specific Reading Matters
The U.S. Department of State's July 2026 Visa Bulletin keeps the key employment-based reading highly specific by country of chargeability,...
Read moreDetailsThailand’s “3 NOs” immigration crackdown: why long-stay, property-viewing and work-related travel need tighter document alignment
Thailand's immigration authorities have framed their 2026 enforcement push around “No Entry / No Stay / No Escape”, or the...
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