Legal Issues in Japanese Real Estate Investment

Legal Issues in Japanese Real Estate Investment is a collection of twenty articles intended for both experienced real estate professionals and investors new to Japan. It provides a comprehensive overview of some of the most distinctive subjects in Japanese property, and most of the information appears in English for the first time. This book is designed to assist readers in acquiring a thorough understanding of the Japanese legal framework for real estate investing.

Topics covered in the book include: the Japanese real estate registration system, the main private and public real estate investment vehicles (TMKs, J-REITs, and GK-TKs), leasing in Japan, the role of Japanese trust banks, using Japanese real estate as collateral, Japanese land valuations, the Building Standards Law, the Real Estate Transactions Law, and the Law on Measures against Soil Pollution. It also includes the first published English translation of the Japanese Real Estate Syndication Law.