Japan’s Highly Skilled Professional Visa: Benefits, Points and FAQ
What Japan's Highly Skilled Professional visa offers, the points system to qualify, and common applicant questions answered.
Japan’s Consumption Tax on Property Purchases Explained
How Japan's 10% consumption tax applies to new and resale property purchases, agent fees, insurance and management costs.
Do ‘School District’ Property Premiums Exist in Japan?
Whether the 'school district property' premium common elsewhere applies in Japan, and how Japan's more equal education system changes the...
Real Estate Yield in Japan: Surface Yield vs Actual Yield Explained
How to calculate surface yield and actual yield on Japanese property, and the holding costs — management fees, reserve fund,...
Japan’s Landlord-Tenant Law Explained: Shakuchi Shakuya Ho
How Japan's Act on Land and Building Leases governs lease renewal, rent adjustment and fixture buy-back, and what it means...
Defective Properties in Japan: The 4 Types Buyers Should Know
The four types of 'kashi bukken' (defective property) in Japan — physical, legal, environmental and psychological — and what makes...
Jiko Bukken: Stigmatized Properties in Japan and How to Check Them
What counts as a 'jiko bukken' (stigmatized property) in Japan, the disclosure law that protects buyers and tenants, and two...
Japan’s Earthquake Resistance Standards for Property Buyers
How Japan's earthquake resistance standards work, the 1981 and 2000 rule changes, and how to check whether a property meets...
Japan Building Structure Types Explained: Wood, S, RC and SRC
The four main building structures used in Japan — wood, steel, reinforced concrete and steel-reinforced concrete — their statutory service...
Property Ownership Types in Japan: Freehold vs Leasehold Rights
How freehold (shoyuken) and leasehold (shakuchiken) ownership work for Japanese property, and the three types of leasehold rights investors should...
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