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### About the Founder My name is Toru Fujito, founder of En Beau lo Co., Ltd. I have been involved in real estate, international business, and property-related services in Japan for many years. Through my work with overseas clients and international partners, I recognized a growing need for reliable local support for property owners who live outside Japan. Many overseas owners face challenges such as property inspections, maintenance coordination, mail handling, communication with contractors, and managing inherited or vacant properties. Our mission is to provide practical and trustworthy support, acting as your local representative in Japan. Whether you own a family home, inherited property, vacant house, or investment property, we are committed to helping you protect and maintain your asset with confidence. We provide support in English, Chinese, and Japanese, ensuring smooth communication and efficient local assistance across Japan. I look forward to assisting you and helping you care for your property in Japan.

A split-screen illustration of the urgent communication between Japan and abroad. On the left, a Japanese representative in an office examines a newly arrived official tax notification with a hanko on her desk, while on the right, an overseas owner looks at a laptop and paper with concern, with a visual flow of mail and a calendar with a tight two-week deadline connecting them.⁠

2026/11/7

The bill that arrives five months after you thought you were finished

The bill that arrives five months after you thought you were finished A completed purchase, a registered title, and nothing left to do. Then a letter reaches somebody else entirely, with two weeks left on a deadline the owner has never heard of. This is o ...

⁠An outdoor illustration of a neglected, empty traditional house in a sloped Japanese neighborhood, with overflowing junk mail, tall overgrown weeds, and a rusty padlock on the sliding door. On the roadside, a concerned elderly neighbor gestures toward the property while talking to a property manager with a clipboard, while workers inspection the background near a parked light utility van.⁠

2026/11/7

An empty house announces itself every day

An empty house announces itself every day Mail overflowing the box. Grass grown tall. No light at night, no footprints after snow. A house with nobody in it cannot conceal the fact, and some people are looking for exactly that information. By Toru Fujito ...

⁠An interior-outdoor illustration where an overseas buyer couple and their real estate specialist consult with a renovation contractor over estimate documents, tax forms, and blueprints at a wooden table inside an aged Japanese house, while outside, workers inspect high-risk retaining walls, scaffolding on the roof, and overgrown vegetation near a parked mini-truck.⁠

2026/11/7

What a cheap Japanese house actually costs

Japan’s hazard maps: what your broker must show you, and what they don’t Since 2020, a Japanese agent has been legally required to show you where a property sits on the flood hazard map. Landslide and tsunami are covered only as to whether a f ...

⁠An outdoor illustration of a safety inspection on a cracked, weathered concrete block wall bordering a traditional Japanese hillside property, where an inspector in a safety vest and helmet measures the wall with a plumb bob and tape, while a property manager with a clipboard points out defects to a concerned foreign owner on a roadside, with a surveyor, parked utility truck, and pedestrians visible in the background.⁠

2026/11/7

When your Japanese property injures somebody else

When your Japanese property injures somebody else In most liability claims the defendant escapes by showing they took proper care. For structures on land in Japan, the owner has no such escape. A wall you never built, on a house you rarely see, is yours t ...

An outdoor illustration of an unoccupied Japanese house where a local manager in a vest reviews insurance letters and mail retrieved from a mailbox with a foreign owner, while another worker in the background checks the property's exterior, weedy grounds, and utilities near a parked light utility van.⁠

2026/11/7

Insuring a house in Japan that nobody lives in

Insuring a house in Japan that nobody lives in Japanese fire insurance classifies a building by how it is used, and a house with nobody living in it is generally not classified as a home. The class decides the premium, what riders you may attach, and whet ...

An outdoor illustration of an on-site inspection of a massive concrete and stacked-stone retaining wall on a steep Japanese hillside, where an inspector in a safety vest and helmet measures the wall's face near weep holes, as a real estate specialist points out a section to an overseas buyer on a paved road, with a traditional house and surveyors visible on the terraced terrain.⁠

2026/11/7

The wall holding up the land is part of what you are buying

The wall holding up the land is part of what you are buying The view is why people want the hillside plot. The retaining wall underneath it is what they acquire along with the view, and replacing one can cost more than the house standing on top. By Toru F ...

⁠An interior illustration of a Japanese house’s utility room with worn wooden flooring, where an inspector shines a flashlight into an opened subfloor hatch on the left, while on the right, another specialist points toward the ceiling space where a third worker inspects the roof area from a stepladder, explaining uncovered drywood termite risks to an overseas buyer.⁠

2026/11/7

The termite your five-year warranty does not cover

The termite your five-year warranty does not cover Treatment carried out, paperwork in the file, five years of cover. What the paperwork protects is the termite that comes up from the soil. Japan has another one that arrives by air, and it is usually writ ...

⁠An outdoor illustration of a Japanese property boundary survey, where a professional in a work vest operates a transit/theodolite on a tripod, and a land specialist points out a concrete boundary stake to an overseas buyer reviewing maps on a temporary wooden table near an older house, retaining wall, and rural fields.⁠

2026/11/7

The land area in the listing is a historical record, not a measurement

The land area in the listing is a historical record, not a measurement Ask where the figure comes from and the answer is usually the registry. In Japan the registered area and the surveyed area routinely disagree, sometimes by a great deal, and which one ...

An interior illustration of a traditional Japanese house during a survey, where one inspector looks into an opened tatami subfloor hatch with a flashlight, and another inspects an open ceiling roof space from a stepladder, while a specialist with a clipboard explains the check to an overseas buyer.⁠

2026/11/7

The two rooms nobody opens during a viewing

The two rooms nobody opens during a viewing A viewing of a Japanese house takes about thirty minutes. You see the rooms, the kitchen, the view from the windows. The underfloor space and the roof space stay shut, and they are the only two places in the bui ...

⁠An outdoor editorial illustration of a neglected Japanese vacant house with overgrown vegetation, where a local municipal inspector points out exterior issues to a property representative and an overseas buyer review documents, with neighborhood houses and a light utility truck in the background.⁠

2026/11/7

Why Japan’s empty houses are not demolished, and what changed in 2023

Why Japan’s empty houses are not demolished, and what changed in 2023 Japan taxes land with a house on it at a fraction of the rate applied to bare land. Remove the building and the bill multiplies. That single rule produced the country’s vaca ...

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