https://www.scmp.com/rss/523455/feed The latest news and top stories on the Bank of Japan. A prominent Tokyo-based governmental body, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) serves as Japan’s central bank, established in 1882. Its primary mission is to maintain price stability and ensure financial system stability, aiming for a 2 per cent inflation target. Key activities include issuing banknotes, implementing monetary policy, providing settlement services and conducting economic research. The BOJ is notable for pioneering ultra-loose monetary... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com David D. Lee David D. Lee The young woman in the stands simply sighed, turned her head and sat there, looking impossibly composed, while 15 million strangers fell briefly in love with someone who had never existed. She was, according to the caption accompanying one of many posts, “the average Korean woman”. Her admirers quickly crowned her a “baseball goddess”, analysing her every feature with the forensic enthusiasm reserved for internet obsessions, as the five-second clip went viral across South Korea’s online... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3353740/reality-deficit-how-south-korea-lost-plot-ai?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3353740/reality-deficit-how-south-korea-lost-plot-ai?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 17 May 2026 03:00:09 +0000 Park Chan-kyong Park Chan-kyong Samsung Electronics’ biggest labour union is threatening to strike at the height of the global AI chip boom, turning a fight over bonuses into a test of how the industry’s windfall profits should be shared and sparking fears of an economic slowdown in South Korea. The union has warned it will stage an 18-day walkout from May 21 to June 7, raising concerns about production disruptions, customer defections and wider fallout across the global technology supply chain. The dispute comes as demand for... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3353543/samsung-unions-strike-threat-fuels-fears-south-koreas-economic-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3353543/samsung-unions-strike-threat-fuels-fears-south-koreas-economic-slowdown?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 May 2026 09:00:06 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro For an indication of how much the energy crisis is shaping the path of monetary policy, look no further than Australia. On May 5, the country’s central bank raised interest rates for the third consecutive time, unwinding last year’s monetary easing. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) said “higher fuel prices are adding to inflation and there are indications that this is likely to have second-round effects on prices for goods and services more broadly”. The RBA’s decision to keep tightening... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3352708/australias-interest-rate-rise-signals-growing-hawkish-stance-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3352708/australias-interest-rate-rise-signals-growing-hawkish-stance-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 May 2026 08:30:05 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro In March 2024, the Bank of Japan raised interest rates for the first time since 2007, lifting borrowing costs out of negative territory and calling time on decades of ultra-loose monetary policy as Japan emerged from a long period of entrenched deflation. At the time, inflation had been above the central bank’s 2 per cent target for 22 months. Fast forward to today, and inflationary pressures continue to build. Although headline inflation fell to 1.3 per cent in February, this was because of the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3351088/why-japans-central-bank-caught-between-rock-and-hard-place?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3351088/why-japans-central-bank-caught-between-rock-and-hard-place?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Apr 2026 08:30:08 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley East Asia’s “economic miracle” in the post-World War II period was predicated upon a number of factors, such as the region’s export-led growth model, but critically it also depended on an assured supply of capital to finance business investment. One source of such finance was bank loans, the supply and direction of which can be officially influenced by various means rather than being chiefly market-determined. Even today, bank loans account for most of the business financing in Japan, the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3350329/why-japans-bond-moves-could-see-shift-east-asias-financing-model?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3350329/why-japans-bond-moves-could-see-shift-east-asias-financing-model?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:30:08 +0000 The Korea Times The Korea Times Kim Bong-hwan, who runs a barbecue restaurant in Myeong-dong in central Seoul, is feeling the brunt of rising costs, with wholesale beef prices climbing from about 28,000 won (US$18) per kilogram to more than 40,000 won in recent weeks. “Everything’s going up – beef, pork, eggs, vegetables and even disposable materials like plastic bags and containers,” he said. “Prices have risen 20 to 30 per cent in just a few weeks.” Kim, who has operated the restaurant for more than 15 years, said raising... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3348630/south-korean-restaurants-struggle-survive-global-oil-prices-eat-profits?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3348630/south-korean-restaurants-struggle-survive-global-oil-prices-eat-profits?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:44:27 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong Expectations of monetary tightening by global central banks have intensified, triggering a fresh wave of sell-offs in risk assets as the US-Israel war with Iran enters its fourth week. Rates traders are now projecting no rate cuts by the Federal Reserve this year after chair Jerome Powell said last week that rising oil prices added uncertainty to the monetary outlook. That stands in contrast to the forecast of two reductions before the outbreak of the hostilities in the Middle East. The European... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3347552/global-markets-brace-rate-hikes-iran-war-and-us100-oil-stoke-tightening-fears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3347552/global-markets-brace-rate-hikes-iran-war-and-us100-oil-stoke-tightening-fears?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 23 Mar 2026 06:09:38 +0000 Park Chan-kyong Park Chan-kyong South Korea finds itself boxed in as Tehran moves to turn the Strait of Hormuz into a bargaining chip amid the US-Israeli war on Iran, leaving Seoul caught between its dependence on Middle East oil and its unwillingness to antagonise Washington. Economists note that South Korea relies on Washington’s security umbrella to deter threats from nuclear-armed North Korea and that its oil trade is settled in US dollars – two realities that sit awkwardly alongside Iran’s push for yuan-based energy... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3347201/south-korea-risks-us-rift-over-irans-hormuz-strait-squeeze?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3347201/south-korea-risks-us-rift-over-irans-hormuz-strait-squeeze?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:19 +0000 Yeon Woo Lee Yeon Woo Lee Declining fertility rates have long been viewed as a drag on economic growth, but the outlook may not be entirely bleak for Asian economies such as China, South Korea and Japan, analysts said. Demographic pressure was accelerating investment in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) in these rapidly ageing yet technologically advanced countries, helping offset labour shortages and sustain productivity even as populations shrank, they argued. Analysts at Bank of America (BofA) Global Research... https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3346475/chinas-ai-adoption-may-limit-economic-fallout-its-rapidly-ageing-population-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3346475/chinas-ai-adoption-may-limit-economic-fallout-its-rapidly-ageing-population-analysts?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:58:35 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is at last showing a bit of spirit. While it might not yet be attacking the egregious economic and financial antics of US President Donald Trump, it is at least turning its attention to the fiscal foibles of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This matters more now than has been the case in recent years, or even decades, because what Japan does in terms of its fiscal and monetary policy is beginning to have international repercussions. What political... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3344046/why-imf-right-press-japan-its-fiscal-risks?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3344046/why-imf-right-press-japan-its-fiscal-risks?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 21 Feb 2026 08:30:08 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro For many decades, Australia was known as the “lucky country”. Its long period of uninterrupted growth stretching back to the 1990s was a rarity among advanced economies. Yet even before the Covid-19 pandemic erupted, Australia’s luck was running out amid stagnant productivity, a housing affordability crisis and the slowdown in China’s economy. Another developed country that has had luck on its side is Japan. Having endured more than three “lost decades” in a prolonged struggle against deflation,... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3343260/japan-will-soon-learn-how-far-takaichi-can-ride-her-luck?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3343260/japan-will-soon-learn-how-far-takaichi-can-ride-her-luck?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:30:07 +0000 Julian Ryall Julian Ryall Despite a decisive election victory built on promises to ease Japan’s cost-of-living crisis, fresh government data released this week suggests voters’ faith in Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s brand of “trickle-down” prosperity may soon be tested. Preliminary figures from the labour ministry show that inflation-adjusted wages shrank by 1.3 per cent last year, extending a three-year slide in real incomes as rising prices for essentials continued to outstrip pay increases. The average employee... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3343048/japans-wage-squeeze-undermines-takaichis-trickle-down-plans?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3343048/japans-wage-squeeze-undermines-takaichis-trickle-down-plans?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:30:15 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley When the world’s leading central banks rode to the rescue during the global financial crisis in 2008, they were hailed as knights in shining armour intent upon slaying the twin dragons of economic recession and deflation. Now it seems the knights are no more, to quote an old English hymn, and yet the dragons are not dead. US President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, has expressed doubts over whether the Fed acted wisely when it became the biggest buyer of US... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3342516/trump-takaichi-meddling-finance-spells-more-turbulence-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3342516/trump-takaichi-meddling-finance-spells-more-turbulence-ahead?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 07 Feb 2026 08:30:09 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley Compared with the turmoil threatened by US President Donald Trump’s actions in everything from geopolitics to trade, the outcome of Japan’s parliamentary lower house election, set for February 8, may seem like small beer. Yet it could presage a great upheaval in global finance. The election outcome is widely expected to strengthen the political power base of the fiscally expansionist Japanese prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, and increase borrowing when government debt almost everywhere is already... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3341741/how-one-election-japan-could-upend-bond-markets-and-global-finance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3341741/how-one-election-japan-could-upend-bond-markets-and-global-finance?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:30:07 +0000 Aileen Chuang Aileen Chuang The sudden appreciation of the Japanese yen has intensified risk-off sentiment among investors, as concerns over elevated bond yields, policy uncertainty and credit risks in the world’s fifth-largest economy weigh on market confidence, according to analysts. The yen rose to a two-month high on Monday, hitting 153.61 per US dollar as of 5.30pm as speculation surged that US and Japanese authorities could intervene to prop up the currency. It was last at a similar level on November 6, when it... https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3341275/spiking-yen-fuels-risk-averse-mood-investors-take-defensive-stance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/markets/article/3341275/spiking-yen-fuels-risk-averse-mood-investors-take-defensive-stance?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 26 Jan 2026 11:00:12 +0000 Aileen Chuang Aileen Chuang A sudden spike in volatility in Japanese government bonds (JGBs) – long seen as among the world’s safest assets – is stoking concern that risk aversion is rippling through Asian markets across asset classes, according to analysts. Investors have repriced the term and risk premiums on JGBs as fiscal worries that started simmering last year have flared again after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi pledged tax cuts and higher spending. The 40-year bond yield rose above 4 per cent on Tuesday, the... https://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/3340667/japan-bond-volatility-raises-contagion-alarm-asias-stocks-and-debt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/commodities/article/3340667/japan-bond-volatility-raises-contagion-alarm-asias-stocks-and-debt?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:11:50 +0000 Cheryl Arcibal Cheryl Arcibal Japan’s property market was less likely to deliver significant rewards to investors because of heightened geopolitical tensions with China, more than a tightened monetary policy, according to analysts. “The yield spread is likely to narrow as cap rates are unlikely to widen,” said Chinatsu Hani, head of research at Tokyo-based CBRE. “However, spreads should remain in positive territory.” The Bank of Japan in March last year began unwinding its nearly decade-long negative interest rate policy –... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3339362/have-investors-missed-boat-japans-property-market-amid-tensions-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3339362/have-investors-missed-boat-japans-property-market-amid-tensions-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 11 Jan 2026 01:30:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters The Bank of Japan (BOJ) raised interest rates on Friday to levels unseen in three decades and signalled its readiness for further hikes, taking another landmark step in ending decades of huge monetary support and near-zero borrowing costs. It also removed language that growth and inflation will stagnate due to the impact of higher US tariffs, underscoring the central bank’s conviction that Japan was on course to stably hit its 2 per cent inflation target backed by wage gains, and ready for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337067/bank-japan-raises-rates-levels-unseen-1995?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3337067/bank-japan-raises-rates-levels-unseen-1995?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Dec 2025 08:52:54 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley Stock prices are nervously high, bond and real estate prices are under downward pressure, cryptocurrency assets have sustained falls and global debt is at record levels. One common factor behind these coinciding and worrying trends is that much of the world is living on excess credit. Payment is now due. Another is how markets have bloated as financial systems fail to properly channel savings into good investments. This all suggests the coming correction in financial markets will be more... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335270/inflated-asset-prices-show-markets-dont-always-know-best?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/world-opinion/article/3335270/inflated-asset-prices-show-markets-dont-always-know-best?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 06 Dec 2025 08:30:09 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong Hong Kong stocks edged up on Thursday as softer data on the US jobs market reinforced bets on an interest-rate cut next week. The Hang Seng Index rose 0.7 per cent to 25,935.90 at the close, after fluctuating between gains and losses in morning trading. The Hang Seng Tech Index rallied 1.5 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index gained 0.3 per cent and the Shanghai Composite Index slipped 0.1 per cent. Gold producer Zijin Mining Group advanced 1.3 per cent to HK$33.20, mirroring recent... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3335134/hong-kong-stocks-take-breather-investors-look-fresh-catalysts-after-rally?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3335134/hong-kong-stocks-take-breather-investors-look-fresh-catalysts-after-rally?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 04 Dec 2025 02:20:30 +0000 Zhang Shidong Zhang Shidong A rebound in Hong Kong stocks lost momentum on Wednesday as investors awaited clearer signals from the world’s key central banks and Beijing that would shape the outlook for markets next year. The Hang Seng Index fell 1.3 per cent to 25,760.73 at the close, halting a two-day streak of gains. The Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 1.6 per cent. On the mainland, the CSI 300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index both retreated 0.5 per cent. Alibaba Group Holding sank 2.2 per cent to HK$153.60 and... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3334986/hong-kong-stocks-stumble-after-2-days-gains-investors-await-policy-signals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/3334986/hong-kong-stocks-stumble-after-2-days-gains-investors-await-policy-signals?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:47:24 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro As 2025 draws to a close, three themes loom large in politics, economics and finance. The first is the unprecedented degree of uncertainty and unpredictability when it comes to the performance of economies and asset prices, amplified by US President Donald Trump’s erratic policymaking. Who would have predicted at the start of this year that the MSCI All Country World Index, a gauge of global stocks, would stand slightly below its all-time high five weeks before Christmas? More surprisingly, who... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3333485/south-koreas-challenges-taste-whats-come-global-economy?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3333485/south-koreas-challenges-taste-whats-come-global-economy?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 20 Nov 2025 08:30:09 +0000 Luna Sun Luna Sun The Japanese yen slid to a nine-month low against the US dollar, breaching a closely watched threshold of 155 amid domestic policy uncertainties, fading expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut in December, and amplified China-Japan tensions over Taiwan. The yen’s exchange rate briefly weakened beyond 155.3 to the dollar on Tuesday before improving slightly, while broader markets also came under pressure. Stocks slumped, bonds were sold off, and long-term yields jumped to multi-decade highs,... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3333268/japan-yen-slips-past-155-us-dollar-fiscal-doubts-china-spat-sap-investor-confidence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3333268/japan-yen-slips-past-155-us-dollar-fiscal-doubts-china-spat-sap-investor-confidence?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 18 Nov 2025 09:43:39 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro South Korean President Lee Jae-myung does not mince his words. In an interview with Bloomberg last week, Lee said South Korea’s residential property market was a bubble waiting to burst. He called the housing market a “ticking bomb” and said South Korea could go the way of early 1990s Japan, whose epic real estate bust condemned the nation to decades of stagnation and deflation. Such alarmist talk from a president who took office in June after pledging to stabilise the housing market and improve... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3331289/south-korea-not-headed-japanese-style-housing-bust?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3331289/south-korea-not-headed-japanese-style-housing-bust?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:30:59 +0000 Park Chan-kyong Park Chan-kyong Despite weeks of frantic diplomacy, the chances of South Korea and the United States sealing a trade deal before next week’s Apec summit appear to be slim, with strong domestic backing enabling Seoul to resist a compromise seen as perilous to the national economy. Under a framework agreement reached in July, US President Donald Trump’s administration offered to cut tariffs on South Korean imports from 25 per cent to 15 per cent – but only if Seoul committed US$350 billion in investments into... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3330214/south-korea-us-trade-talks-chances-deal-slim-apec-nears-seoul-stand-firm?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3330214/south-korea-us-trade-talks-chances-deal-slim-apec-nears-seoul-stand-firm?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Oct 2025 01:30:11 +0000 Anthony Rowley Anthony Rowley Are politicians dispensable, and can elite bureaucrats run a country more efficiently? The question has become one of more than academic importance in Japan, where the political situation has degenerated into chaos as potential leaders and their parties vie for power. This is a question that has considerable economic and financial as well as political significance. Japan is a key trade, investment and security partner to other leading nations in and beyond Asia and its financial markets are... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3329239/japans-political-turmoil-will-weigh-heavily-its-economy-and-beyond?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3329239/japans-political-turmoil-will-weigh-heavily-its-economy-and-beyond?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 18 Oct 2025 08:30:08 +0000 Ji Siqi Ji Siqi With Sanae Takaichi poised to become Japan’s first female prime minister, economists warn her policies may have “mixed” results: expansionary measures that spur growth but exacerbate fiscal strain, and coalition partners who temper a more hawkish stance on China amid a push for higher military spending. The 64-year-old conservative was elected leader of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Saturday, paving the way for her to become the next prime minister as head of a coalition government –... https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3328021/mixed-bag-how-japans-pm-waiting-may-fuel-growth-defence-and-debt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/economy/global-economy/article/3328021/mixed-bag-how-japans-pm-waiting-may-fuel-growth-defence-and-debt?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 13:00:08 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro Not long ago, the yen was seen as a refuge in times of turmoil. Japanese companies had a reputation for repatriating overseas earnings when sentiment in global markets deteriorated sharply. Japan itself was seen as politically and economically stable, encouraging investors to buy the yen as a hedge against volatility. Even today, Japan is one of the most attractive markets among the world’s leading economies. The results of Bank of America’s latest Asia Fund Manager Survey on September 16 showed... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3326767/4-reasons-japans-yen-safe-haven-trade-distant-memory?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3326767/4-reasons-japans-yen-safe-haven-trade-distant-memory?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Sep 2025 08:30:09 +0000 Nicholas Spiro Nicholas Spiro In Asia’s real estate sector, South Korea is a star performer. In the first half of this year, the region’s fourth-largest economy recorded the second-highest volume of commercial real estate transactions after Japan. Moreover, Seoul experienced the strongest growth in prime residential prices in annualised terms in the second quarter among 46 markets tracked by Knight Frank. Singapore is another top performer. Office vacancy rates are among the lowest in the region while the city state was one... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325541/asias-top-property-markets-must-tackle-root-unaffordability?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/asia-opinion/article/3325541/asias-top-property-markets-must-tackle-root-unaffordability?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 08:30:08 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US stocks wobbled lower on Friday as Wall Street questioned whether the US job market has slowed by just enough to get the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates to help the economy, or by so much that a downturn may be on the way. After rising to an early gain, the S&P 500 erased it and fell 0.3 per cent below the all-time high it set the day before. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 220 points, or 0.5 per cent, after swinging between an early gain of nearly 150 points and a loss of 400.... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324562/wall-street-climbs-new-highs-hopes-interest-rate-cuts?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324562/wall-street-climbs-new-highs-hopes-interest-rate-cuts?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:57:23 +0000 Cheryl Arcibal Cheryl Arcibal Japan’s renewed economic vigour is spurring more investment in its property market, especially the multifamily segment, but the environment presents challenges for investors, according to Hong Kong-based Avatar Capital Partners. The world’s fifth-largest economy was attracting more property investment from both domestic and foreign capital, which required the asset-management firm to be savvy in its investment choices to secure assets, said Angel Li, a founding partner. Avatar said in July that... https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3323741/japans-property-market-booms-us228-billion-investment-surge?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/article/3323741/japans-property-market-booms-us228-billion-investment-surge?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 02:00:23 +0000