Living Abroad

Short-term rentals and minpaku in Japan are legal through three routes. Learn the 180-day cap, hotel license, special zones and...

Who rents in Japan: local households, foreign residents, students, company-leased housing and short stays, with official figures, lease types and...

Japan's official statistics publish no city rental yields. Here is which official figures to compare for Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka,...

What to know before renting out Japanese property: how yield is calculated, who rents, vacancy, short-term rules, costs and tax...

How to judge repair risk in an older Japanese condominium or house: long-term repair plans, reserve fund adequacy, and what...

How Japanese rental management companies charge: no legal cap on fees, what is included, what costs extra, and what they...

How an owner living outside Japan can arrange tenants, repairs, tax and agents for a rental property in Japan, and...

What a Japanese condo management association (kanri kumiai) is, what owners must pay and do, and what happens when fees...

Paying cash or taking a mortgage on Japanese property: access to loans, the housing loan tax credit, loan-only costs, and...

How Japan's three mortgage rate types work, who carries the rate risk, and what to get in writing from the...