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A September 9th PERSOL Research and Consulting report shows remote working gradually declining in Japan as more employers make office attendance the default. Its July survey found that 21.4% of regular employees worked remotely, down 1.1 percentage points year on year. Photo by Microsoft Copilot on Unsplash Meanwhile, 24.6% reported instructions to attend the office as the default, up 1.8 percentage points and marking a second consecutive annual increase. That shift could com

Greater Tokyo's existing condominium market showed clearer signs of rebalancing in August, with REINS-reported contracts falling for a fifth consecutive month while inventory rose for a sixth according to new data released September 10th. The Real Estate Information Network for East Japan (REINS) recorded 3,180 reported contracts in August, down 10.5% year on year. Inventory rose 8.2% to 48,235 units, while new registrations increased 9.7% to 15,627. The combination is more i

For vacation homes, resorts and other properties where the land itself is part of the experience, a beautiful landscape is not simply something to look at. How the soil is managed, what is planted and how the outdoor environment develops over time can all shape the experience of owning and enjoying the property. Peony Garden Tokyo in Tsukuba offers an unusually long-running example of that relationship between land, landscape and everyday life. Located in Tsukuba City, Ibarak

Patience Capital Group (PCG) is adding Madarao Mountain Resort to the Ikon Pass for the 2026-27 winter season, bringing a second resort in its Madarao-Myoko portfolio onto the international multi-resort network in consecutive seasons. Madarao Mountain Resort in winter; courtesy of Patience Capital Group. PCG has also been expanding international hotel infrastructure across Madarao and Myoko, making the latest Ikon Pass addition part of a broader regional tourism strategy rath

The average advertised price of a newly built single-family home in the Tokyo 23 wards rose above JPY 130 million for the first time in August, even as the broader Greater Tokyo average slipped. The Greater Tokyo Area consists of Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures. AI generated Tokyo new SFH rendering, not an actual property. All rights reserved. Tokyo Kantei put the Tokyo 23-ward average at JPY 133.41 million, up 4.1% from July and 33.4% from a year earlier. It