Prices for new condominiums in Tokyo fell in 2024, moderating to a more sustainable growth trend after a big jump a year earlier. The average price of a new apartment for sale in the Japanese ...

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Source: FactSet, Bank of Japan By The New York Times By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo In a number of ways, Japan’s economy seems to have gone back in time. Inflation and wage growth are ...

He notes that the incline far surpasses that of the steepest cable car in Japan—the famed cable car on nearby Mount Takaosan in Tokyo’s Hachioji city—which is only 31 degrees. The monorail ...

“Cartoons still reflected the creators’ affection for British and American culture in the early days of the war,” Takai said. “As the tide of war turned against Japan, the public ...

The Bank of Japan raised interest rates on Friday to their ... chief macro strategist at Nomura Securities in Tokyo. “Unless the BOJ either changes the logic of rate hikes, or even raises ...

Japanese onsen inns typically evoke imagery of serene sanctuaries, nestled in the depths of the great outdoors, off the beaten track, serenaded by the whisper of nature. Hoshinoya Tokyo turns that ...

K&K Design in Nagoya, a few hundred miles west of Tokyo, made the news last December in a story presented by Japanese public broadcaster NHK, which can be viewed HERE. The brief news report ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Yoshinobu Yamamoto is likely to start for the Los Angeles Dodgers when they open the season against Chicago Cubs in Tokyo on March 18 and Roki Sasaki could make his major ...

But in Japan, it’s vital. It takes about 10 minutes in our first hotel, the Villa Fontaine Grand at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, to understand the necessity of space. This property is fine for a ...

A recent trip to the ski slopes of Niigata brought home the consequences of the 40 million visitors expected in Japan in 2025: The gigantic suitcases blocking my way on the shinkansen; the ...