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Buying in Japan: rules and process

• Akiya in Japan: can foreigners buy Japan's vacant houses?
  Japan has 9.0 million vacant homes (akiya), 13.8% of all housing (2023 official survey). Can foreigners buy one, where akiya banks fit, the fee rule for cheap homes, rebuild limits and the tax trap for neglected houses.
• Buying Property in Japan as a Foreigner
  A step-by-step guide for overseas buyers of Japanese real estate: no nationality restrictions, the purchase process, closing costs, taxes, non-resident financing, the FEFTA report, and the new nationality field at regist
• Japan Business Manager visa new rules: what the official statistics show (2026)
  Japan Business Manager visa new rules since 16 Oct 2025: ¥30 million capital + 1 full-time employee + B2 Japanese. Official data: 46,781 holders, new entrants 537 → 39 a month, COE processing time 241.9 days, renewal rul
• Japan foreign ownership rules tracker
  Can foreigners still buy land and property in Japan in 2026? A dated tracker of every rule change for foreign buyers and owners, sorted into decided and in force, decided with a start date, under discussion, and reported
• Japan's security land zones, by municipality
  Every monitored and special monitored area under Japan's Important Land Act, listed by prefecture and municipality (586 zones, 487 municipalities, as of 28 Sep 2026). What each zone type means for buyers, what it does no
• Singapore ABSD 60% / 20% vs Japan’s 6–10% buying costs
  A S$1m home costs a foreigner S$624,600 in Singapore stamp duty (BSD + 60% ABSD) and a Singaporean buying a 2nd home S$224,600. The same budget in Tokyo: about S$62,534 (6.3%) in all Japanese buying costs. Holding costs,

Costs, tax, loans and selling

• Can foreigners get a mortgage in Japan?
  Japanese mortgages for foreigners: which banks lend to permanent residents, to foreign residents without PR and to non-residents (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, US, Australia, Singapore), with rates, down payment, income and
• 2026 checklist for overseas owners of Japanese property
  What owners living outside Japan must do in 2026: address-change registration (mandatory from 1 April 2026, fine up to ¥50,000), inheritance registration (¥100,000, pre-2024 cases by 31 March 2027), domestic contact, nat
• Japan property loans from Singapore
  How Singaporeans, PRs and foreigners in Singapore fund a Japan property: OCBC Overseas Property Loan (Tokyo, up to 60% in SGD / 70% in JPY), what UOB, DBS and Maybank publish, Japanese lenders for non-residents, TDSR 55%
• Selling property in Japan from abroad: what will you actually keep?
  What you actually keep when you sell a property in Japan while living abroad: capital gains tax 15.315% (held over 5 years) or 30.63%, the buyer's 10.21% withholding and refund, depreciation, 5% deemed cost, brokerage, s
• How much can I sell my property in Japan for?
  Free sale price range for owners abroad: median and middle-half closed prices from Japan's official MLIT data for Tokyo's 5 central wards, Kyoto, Fukuoka, Niseko and Hakuba, by building year and size. With US$, NT$, HK$,
• Japan property tax & cost calculator for foreign buyers
  Free calculator for foreign buyers of Japanese property: acquisition tax, registration tax, stamp duty and brokerage at purchase; fixed asset tax every year; capital gains tax and 10.21% withholding when you sell; 20.42%

Renting out, Airbnb and ryokan

• Buying a Ryokan in Japan
  How to buy a ryokan, onsen hotel, ski lodge or small hotel in Japan as a foreigner: hotel-business licence types and succession since December 2023, hot-spring rights, fire and building rules, zoning, asset vs share deal
• Japan property management fees 2026: Airbnb and holiday-home managers compared
  What Airbnb (minpaku) and holiday-home managers in Japan charge, from 41 companies' own pages: the rate, what it is charged on, what is extra, and what an owner keeps under one standard scenario. Niseko, Hakuba, Tokyo, K
• Can you run an Airbnb in Japan? Rules by city, 2026
  Airbnb (minpaku) rules for 23 Japanese cities and wards: nights allowed a year, zones, tokku and ryokan-licence routes, active registrations from official data, and upcoming changes.
• Holiday rental in Japan run by a manager: what do you actually keep?
  Net income from a Japanese holiday rental run by a management company: nights allowed by city and licence (minpaku 180, tokku, simple lodging 365), OTA commission, management fees (20% city, ~35% Niseko), cleaning, fixed

Risk

• Is Kumamoto a ghost town? What the reports say and what the public data shows
  Taiwanese media reported that Kikuyo, home of TSMC's JASM plant, is becoming a ghost town. We trace the reports to one interview-based article and set them next to MLIT sales data, official land prices, population and va
• Tokyo earthquake & flood risk by ward (with prices)
  Earthquake probability, river flood, storm surge, landslide and liquefaction indicators for Tokyo's 23 wards and 495 stations, with old-standard (pre-1981) condo shares and prices; plus Kyoto, Fukuoka, Niseko and Hakuba.

Area guides

• Buying land or a villa on Miyakojima, Irabu or Ishigaki: what foreign buyers must check (2026)
  Miyakojima (incl. Irabu and Shimoji) and Ishigaki for foreign buyers: which areas are security-watch zones under the Important Land Act, groundwater and well rules, typhoon records, zoning, landscape and park rules, Airb
• What does the same SGD budget buy? Osaka vs Tokyo resale condos
  Same SGD budget, Osaka vs Tokyo: square metres and square feet of resale condo after Japanese purchase costs, from official MLIT closed prices (2025). Station prices in S$/sq ft.

Price data

Japan house prices by city · Official land prices · Tokyo condo tracker · Ryokan & hotel occupancy

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