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Cleverly Home, which operates a nationwide housing franchise under the Shinshowa Group , will begin using its custom-built model homes as short-term rental accommodations from January 2026. With advance reservations for model-home tours now the norm, the company says it has become easier to manage scheduling between daytime viewings and overnight stays. Hero image provided by Cleverly Home model house short-term rental stay information page, found here in Japanese only . The

Shinano Railway will add three temporary rapid trains per day in each direction on its Kita-Shinano Line during January and February 2026, increasing rail capacity between Nagano and the Myoko Kogen area during the winter season. The railway announced on November 25th that the additional services will operate daily from January 1st through February 28th, 2026. Shinano Railway’s published timetable shows the first rapid service leaving Nagano at 9:09 a.m. and arriving at Myoko

Daiwa House Industry has opened the model room for Premist Tower Funabashi, a major condominium project in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture, developed with Tokyo Tatemono and Keisei Electric Railway. Exterior arial CG rendering graphic courtesy of the Premist Tower Funabashi developer website . The high-rise will connect directly to Funabashi Station via a pedestrian deck and sit amid a cluster of retail facilities, making it one of the rare new-build condominiums so close to the

Japan’s tax authorities are reviewing how rental real estate and fractional-ownership property products are valued for inheritance and gift tax. The review follows concerns that existing valuation rules can produce large gaps between a property’s market price and its value for tax purposes. At a government tax-policy meeting on November 13th, 2025, the National Tax Agency (NTA) presented examples involving rental properties and fractional-ownership products valued at a fracti

On November 27 th , the Nikkei Shimbun reported the results on a performance survey of companies in Niigata and Nagano for fiscal 2024 (April 2024 to March 2025), compiled by Teikoku Databank’s regional offices. The results showed that just under 30% of firms in both prefectures posted increases in both revenue and profit. Nagano City skyline courtesy of Photo by Aoi on Unsplash. In Niigata, 29.4% of companies reported higher revenue and profit, surpassing the share of firms