111 offers on an apartment in the Athletes Village
The third round of sales in Harumi Flag, the large-scale apartment project that had previously been used as the Athletes Village for the recent Summer Olympics, kicked off last month. This is the first sales activity to take place in two years, as sales were temporarily suspended due to the delayed games.
Luxury hotels fill gap in Kyoto's high-end hospitality sector
With domestic tourism recovering, luxury hoteliers are focusing their attention on the historic city of Kyoto.
Karuizawa resort condos sell out
On November 29, real estate company ES-CON JAPAN announced that all 37 resort-style apartments developed in conjunction with Ost Development G.K. in Karuizawa had sold out prior to completion.
MLIT considers increasing house height limits
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) is considering extending the height limit of a wooden house in a revision to the Building Standards Act next year.
New hotel for Akasaka-Mitsuke
Mori Trust is planning a 26-story mixed-use hotel and office tower for the corner of the Akasaka-Mitsuke intersection in Tokyo. Construction is scheduled to start in August 2022 with completion expected by February 2025.
Apartment affordability ratios across Japan in 2020
In 2020, the average price of a 10-year old second-hand apartment nationwide was 5.92 times the average income, according to a report by Tokyo Kantei. Housing has become more expensive compared to 2019, which had a multiple of 5.52.
Wooden buildings on the rise in Japan
Japan is starting to see more mid-rise buildings constructed from wood materials. A revision to the Public Buildings Wood Use Promotion Act will go into effect on October 1, 2021, encouraging the use of domestic forest plantations planted after WWII not only in public buildings but also in privately developed buildings.