Which part in Japan we can expect the population growth?
2020年7月14日 Japanese Society
In order for us to develop investment strategies, demographic trend is one of key indicators. I would like to spend time to analyze demographic dynamism and its future trend. Statistic from the government shows the following. Top five prefectures where demographic growth have found. 1 Tokyo 2 Okinawa 3 Saitama 4 Kanagawa 5 Aichi …
How to convince a good sales guy to stay with your company-Do not keep clever & agile ones-
2020年7月12日 Philosophy
Alex, the CEO of a food processing company Alex-Taste Co.,Ltd. Billy, the excellent employee who has been working since the start-up asks Alex to leave the company due to the scandal: Alex-Taste unintentionally included an ingredient which was known as noncompliance processing. Alex-taste apologized customers, but Billy got an job offer from the dominating company …
Tormented Job in Kumamoto Legacy company in JP
2020年7月10日 JapaneseStock&Equity
It’s been three years since a huge M7 earth quake devastated Kumamoto, the southern part of Japan in 2016. Kumamoto has been hit by heavy stormy rain quite recently as well. This reminded me of this story. This is the story of a local company president who suffered and survived a series of passions. I …
10 Check List of investing into residential Condo
2020年7月8日 Investment Highlights
Investment check list for those who are interested in Condo investment in JP. Below are the tips I learned from my past experience of analyzing 20,000 properties over 30 years. 1 Prioritize among your preference 2 Compare with figures/ numbers 3 Check by on-site walking inspection 4 Check both on rainy day and night time 5 Avoid Condo developed by …
300 year company’s criteria: rag or junk? A case of JP legacy company
2020年7月6日 Family Business
Japan has the largest number of long lasting companies in the world. Mr. Hideyuki Sakai, the president of the “V Recovery Research” based in Nagoya, where Toyota is based, demonstrated the criteria of a company which lasts over 300 years. Sakai referred words released by Mr. Ushui, the president of Japan Weston Co.,Ltd, who won …
Will Construction Cost drop for resorts in Japan? Case from Okinawa
2020年7月4日 Resort & Okinawa
Question: Now the construction cost in Okinawa has still been high? Answer: Declining, in Q3 or Q4 20-30% reduction would be evidenced. Back ground: in Okinawa, the construction cost surge appeared before COVID The below figures are based on my perceived prices for high end hotels. Quoted as 000 JPY/ tsubo. In 2017, …
Tips to minimize lawyer fee in JP real estate investment deals
2020年7月2日 JapaneseStock&Equity
One of the difficulties for non-Japanese investors who are about to tap Japan market is appointing the right and capable lawyer. Actually, from my point of view, finding and instructing lawyers in Japan is the threshold to separate winners from losers in terms of investment projects. Furthermore, legal fee occupies the large amount of the …
Why does Japanese brand new residential rent decrease?
2020年6月30日 Investment Highlights
Question: In Japan, the brand new apartments’ rent is the highest and gradually start decreasing and the property gets less marketable. In other major cities in the world, the rental value increases as time passes, reflecting price index. Why has the rental value in Japan always been in declining trend? Answer : I picked up …
Which asset class to invest ? -Recommendation of Japanese property investment- Part 2
2020年6月29日 Investment Highlights
The asset classes to be recommended for non-Japanese investor as the exposure in Japan are as follows: Priority would be 1 Logistics 2 Office 3 Specific retail 4 Residential 5 Hotel 6 any assets by M&A Below No 4 will be explained further. 4 Residential Q: Why A1: Marketability, Japanese will keep living in …
Which asset class to invest ? -Recommendation of Japanese property investment- Part 1
2020年6月27日 Investment Highlights
As I have perceived the increase interests in property investments in Japanese, I would like to spend some time to share my views on Japanese market. Let me demonstrate as the bullet points analysis. Priority would be 1 Logistics 2 Office 3 Specific retail 4 Residential 5 Hotel 6 any assets by M&A I …













