The Tokyo-headquartered real estate firm Open House Group Co. Ltd. is now accepting cryptocurrency payments from global customers looking to purchase Japanese real estate. In a press statement, the company said it has been exploring the application of cryptocurrencies...
The Canadian investment firm Brookfield Asset Management announced plans to expand its presence in Japan with the combined $1.6 billion purchase of a stake in a Tokyo mixed-use complex and a large open land plot for logistics development. The Japan Times reports the...
Real estate funds managed by Blackstone (NYSE: BX) has paid $2.6 billion to acquire Tokyo Garden Terrace Kioicho, a 2.4 million-square-foot mixed-use property, from affiliates of Seibu Holdings. The transaction is the largest real estate investment by a foreign...
Marriott International Inc. (NASDAQ: MAR) announced the opening of its 100th property in Japan with the debut of the Four Points Flex by Sheraton Osaka Umeda. The new property also marks the first offering of the Four Points Flex by Sheraton brand in the Asia Pacific...
Japan’s Seven & i Holdings (OTCMKTS: SVNDY), the parent company of the 7-Eleven chain, has rejected an unexpected acquisition bid from the Canadian-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (ACT) (TSX:ACT) that could have created one of the world’s largest retail...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
