Illustration of a Japanese residential neighborhood with traditional and modern houses, showing foreign buyers walking with a local property specialist.

Buying property in Japan

2026/10/22

A second home you visit four times a year

A second home you visit four times a year Buying a house in Kyoto, Niseko, Hakuba or Okinawa to use several times a year is a different proposition from buying somewhere to live. The building is empty for most of its life, and almost everything that goes ...

2026/10/22

The person helping you buy may be paid by the seller as well

The person helping you buy may be paid by the seller as well In Japan one firm may act for both sides of a property sale and take a commission from each. It is entirely lawful, it is common, and most foreign buyers arrive from countries where it is restri ...

2026/10/22

Buying property in Japan as a foreign buyer

Buying property in Japan as a foreign buyer Almost everything that decides whether a Japanese property is a good purchase already exists on a public record. Almost none of it is in English, and almost none of it is volunteered. The task is not uncovering ...

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