REAL estate in Japan should never see another bubble. Having witnessed three in the last half a century, the second one a Godzilla-sized boom in the 1980s, investors would surely be wary and vigilant ...

First, Japan's property bubble reflected market behavior. After the bubble popped, the debt of private enterprises - the banks or developers - could be resolved through market-based methods such ...

Beijing should take note of the risks posed by a property bubble and demographic changes, says the Financial Times’ Leo Lewis. In Japanese village Nagoro, life-sized dolls outnumber the living.

Its property bubble is far broader than Japan's as it involves the local governments, the ultimate owners of the land, and the government banks, which finance the development of these lands.

TOKYO -- As U.S. home prices shoot to unprecedented highs in many regions, the notorious property bubble in Japan presents a scary scenario. Japanese land prices soared in the late 1980s. Around ...

Is Asia's economic growth and large population laying the foundation for a real estate boom or bubble? The surge in property prices is often blamed on speculators. But Patrick Sumner, from ...

Land prices are rising in Japan... not just in big cities but also in rural areas. A government survey shows that the nationwide average rose 0.1 percent from a year earlier. That's the first ...

In the 1980s, with the Japanese having excessive savings and an easy monetary policy, the population kept buying property. This led to a massive property bubble in the 1990s, as investors were ...

Tokyo | Japan’s sharemarket has climbed past its all-time closing high, exceeding the record level struck during the country’s late-1980s asset bubble after a 34-year wait.. The Nikkei 225 ...

Is Asia's economic growth and large population laying the foundation for a real estate boom or bubble? The surge in property prices is often blamed on speculators. But Patrick Sumner, from ...