Osaka apartment owner fined in court for illegal B&B
An apartment building’s owners association has successfully sued an apartment owner for illegally letting out an apartment to various tourists for short-term stays. The Osaka District Court ruled in favor of the owners association and the apartment owner was ordered to pay 500,000 Yen in restitution.
According to the case, the defendant had purchased a three bedroom apartment in Osaka’s Chuo Ward in late 2007. Between November 2014 and August 2016, they leased the apartment out through a broker on a nightly basis to foreign tourists for approximately 15,000 Yen per night.Read more