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Real estate performance across much of the Asia Pacific region has been mixed. Amid mostly decelerating returns, Japan experienced a noticeable shift to the (...)
Japan’s GDP grew at an annualised rate of 4.1% in the first quarter of 2013 as consumer sentiment improved and exports increased. The capital (...)
Until recently, the logistics sector in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) played a minor role among property types. The regional market for industrial properties (...)
The feeling of uncertainty that persisted throughout 2012 still lingered at year end. So we begin 2013 with cautious optimism as the same uncertain (...)
Japan‘s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) assumed power in December 2012 following a general election. The new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, announced aggressive policies for (...)
Economy: The outlook for Japan’s economic growth is expected to slow down from 2.4% in 2012 to 0.8% in 2013 due to weaker economic (...)
Economy: An uncertain global economic environment in the first half of 2012 led to moderating activity levels in commercial real estate markets across the (...)
The outlook for Japan’s economic growth in 2012 has improved. Deutsche Bank economists now expect GDP growth of 3.1 percent this year instead of (...)
Japan’s GDP growth forecast for 2012 recently received a significant upgrade from 0.7 percent to 2.8 percent. The increasing optimism reflects healthy domestic consumption, (...)
After a short contraction in the aftermath of the Great Tohoku Earthquake in 2011, Japan’s economy is now set to recover. The growth rate (...)
Japan’s large companies have shown resilience in the difficult period after the Great Tohoku Earthquake shook the country in March this year. Supply-chain disruptions (...)
Recovery is upon us globally and parts of the world are even well into expansion. Global recovery in the property market began in late (...)
The Great Tohoku Earthquake in March threw the Japanese economy into a temporary contraction. Four months later, the initial economic shock appears to be (...)
Recovery in the property market began in late 2009, with certain markets in the Asia Pacific region and parts of Europe leading the way, (...)
The 4.4 per cent GDP growth that Japan experienced in 2010 was the best economic performance the country had seen in years. Going into (...)
Preliminary estimates show that Japan’s economy expanded by 4.4% in 2010, outperforming forecasts that even the most optimistic economists had presented at the start (...)