Japan has its own version of the sub-prime crisis on the way.

Nomura Real-estate just released the results of a survey of real-estate investors which gives some interesting insight into Japanese investors.

Some fresh money is sniffing at Japan. .  .

There are now some significant tax incentives for residents to buy or build your own home in Japan. 

Jasper Koll has an article in the wall street journal today that does a nice job of summarizing the economic issues facing Japan.

It’s not really news that this market has fleas but is there a smell of  ”green shoots” in this story?  

At Housing Japan we have seen strong interest recently from clients looking to buy residential real-estate in Tokyo.