The Japanese government has sent a formal request to the nation’s leading real estate and crypto associations demanding tighter checks on real estate transactions that use cryptocurrency payments. Coin Edition reports four Japanese government agencies – the Financial...
The global investment firm KKR has partnered with the Asia-based alternative investment firm PAG to acquire Sapporo Real Estate Co. Ltd. from the Japanese corporation Sapporo Holdings Ltd. in a deal valued at $3 billion. According to the companies, the acquisition...
The Japanese government is planning to create a centralized database to identify and manage foreign ownership of real estate. The Japan News, citing unnamed “multiple government sources,” reports the creation of a nationality registration system is designed to make...
The Japanese real estate investment firm Gates Group Inc. has partnered with Oasys, a blockchain-based game development platform, to tokenize $75 million worth of Tokyo real estate assets on the Oasys blockchain platform. Following the Tokyo rollout, the new...
The Tokyo-headquartered Open House Group Co. Ltd. has expanded its acceptance of cryptocurrencies by global clients seeking to purchase residential real estate in Japan. The company is now accepting XRP, Solana and Dogecoin for property transactions. Earlier this...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
