Tokyo Office Rents Post Their Sharpest Rise in 35 Years
Rents for existing offices in Tokyo are growing at their fastest rate since the early 1990s, before Japan's economic bubble burst, according to a Nikk
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Four Central Banks Held Rates in Six Weeks — Only One of Them Is Also Signaling a Hike
Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) held its overnight policy rate (OPR) at 2.75% on November 5, 2026, extending a pause that has lasted since a pre-emptive quarter-point cut in July 2025, ...
Japan Weighs a New Tax on Overseas Landlords — But It May Miss Most Foreign Buyers
Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (総務省) is considering extending the prefectural individual business tax (個人事業税) to people who live outside Japan but run a rental-property or parking-lot business ...
Japan’s Prior-Permission Bill for Security-Sensitive Land Is Now Before the Diet: What It Means for Overseas Buyers, and What to Check First
Japan submitted a bill on 23 October to require prior permission for transfers of land near key defence facilities and on uninhabited border islands, regardless of nationality. Hayden of J ...
Japan’s Permanent Residence Fee Is Now 200,000 Yen: A Family of Four Pays 800,000, and the Reduced Fee Rarely Applies
Japan's permanent residence fee rose to 200,000 yen per person from 1 October 2026. Kuniyuki Shishido of Torikani International Gyoseishoshi Corporation explains who pays most, why the 20,000-yen reduction rarely ...
Japan Reallocates 20,000 Foreign-Worker Visa Slots to Nursing Care
Japan plans to reallocate 20,000 foreign-worker visa slots to the nursing-care sector to address a labor shortage.
Japan to Resume Foreign Meal-Service Hiring, Hold Worker Cap at 1.23 Million
Japan's government has proposed letting foreign cooks resume working in meal services at medical, welfare and school facilities by reclassifying that work into a different visa-sector category, while also raising ...
Foreign Residents in Japan Hit a Record 4.28 Million as Business Manager Visa Holders Fall
Japan had a record 4,281,026 foreign residents at the end of June 2026, up 3.8% in six months, while holders of the Business Manager status fell 8.6% after stricter rules ...
Takaichi Pledges to Finalize Japan’s Foreign-Resident Policy by March 2027
PM Sanae Takaichi has pledged to finalize Japan's basic policy on accepting foreign residents by the end of March 2027, as the government weighs whether to cap immigration and separately ...
What Documents Japan Requires for a Skilled Worker Visa
Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sets out the passport, application form, photo, and Certificate of Eligibility applicants need for a Japan work visa.
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