Roppongi Arents. Purchased by Grosvenor from Japan Tobacco in October 2011.

According to the Mainichi Shimbun, Foreign investors and foreign capital investment corporations are showing enthusiasm for Japan's real estate market. European and American property and investment companies are continuing to purchase residential and commercial buildings, while a major US bank has set forth on establishing a REIT in Japan.

The background to this renewed vigor is the outflow of funds in Europe due to the European debt crisis, and a general feeling that the real estate market in Japan has bottomed out. Experts are anticipating that the long-stagnating real estate market is finally reaching a turning point.

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