The number of real estate foreclosure auctions held by the Tokyo District Court in the first half of 2022 was just 365, down from 407 in the same period in 2021.
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Fewer foreclosures in first half of 2022
Osaka temple up for foreclosure
A famed temple in Osaka with a history going back over 1,000 years has been put up for a foreclosure auction to be held this month.
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Japan heritage site sells at auction for 35 million Yen
The historic Goto Textile factory in Gunma Prefecture was up for public foreclosure auction earlier this year and appears to have found a buyer.
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Quick real estate news summary for the week
29 apartments foreclosed in high-rise tower, Osaka and Tokyo rank high on global livability, and Sapporo to sell Ebisu office building. Below is a quick weekly summary of some of the recent goings-on in the Japanese real estate market.
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Old department store in Yamagata up for foreclosure
The Onuma Department Store in Yamagata City is up for foreclosure later this month, with a minimum bid set at 186,768,000 Yen (approx. US$1.8 million). Yamagata District Court will accept sealed-bids from November 24 to December 1, with bids to be opened on December 3. The department store closed its doors in January 2020 after filing for bankruptcy, making Yamagata City the only prefectural capital in Japan to be without a department store.
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Chongryon branch in Kyoto up for foreclosure
The Kyoto branch of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon), has been foreclosed on with public bidding to be held from February 13 ~ 20.
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Nagano hot spring ryokan foreclosed a second time
The Rinsenro Kashiwaya Bessou Ryokan is up for foreclosure auction for a second time, this time with a minimum bid is set at 25,168,000 Yen (approx. 230,000 USD). Bidding is open from November 29 to December 6, with the winning bid to be announced on December 11.
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Shrine in Enoshima up for foreclosure auction
A Shinto shrine on Enoshima Island is up for foreclosure auction next month with a minimum bid set at 46.8 million Yen (approx. 430,000 USD).
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City abandons foreclosure of five-storied pagoda and temple grounds
Katsuyama City in Fukui Prefecture has given up on their attempt to auction off a foreclosed pagoda and temple property due to a lack of buyers.
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Failed share houses start to hit foreclosure market
One of the early foreclosures of failed share houses developed as part of a wide-scale scam goes up for public auction next week. The minimum bid for the building and land is set at 23,672,000 Yen (approx. 205,000 USD), with results to be announced on October 25 (Update: It sold for 25,180,000 Yen to a private bidder). Back in January, several share houses by a former Ginza-based share house developer were listed for public foreclosure auction, selling for around a third to less than a half of what the original investors would have paid for them.
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