With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.

The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.

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With little public scrutiny, the #Trump admin is handing out hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to some of the country’s most profitable companies & wealthiest investors.

The #Treasury Dept & #IRS, through a series of new notices & proposed #regulations, are giving breaks to giant #PrivateEquity firms, #crypto companies, #foreign #RealEstate investors, #insurance providers & a variety of multinational #corporations.

#aristocracy #plutocracy #WealthGap #law #USpol

A group of 1,191 people across Japan has sent a petition to a court seeking the return of about ¥11.4 billion from a company based in the city of Osaka over real estate investment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/crime-legal/petition-real-estate-investment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #realestate #osaka #investments #japanesecourts

Mori Trust is looking for overseas partners to launch condominiums in Japan that can be rented out like hotel rooms, its CEO said, as the company seeks to profit from the nation’s tourism boom. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/05/companies/mori-trust-seeks-foreign-partners/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #moritrust #realestate #hotels #tourism #constructionindustry

Potential homebuyers in Tokyo are divided on their property purchasing plans as surging living costs add to affordability concerns, according to a survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/economy/tokyo-homebuyers-purchase-plans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #realestate #japaneseeconomy #surveys #inflation

Activist investors are likely to find more opportunities in Japanese real estate as unrealized gains are poised to swell under new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/companies/japan-political-shakeup-real-estate-activism/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #realestate #investments #stocks #corporategovernance

Japanese property investors are planning to plow more money into the U.K. as economic uncertainty and trade turmoil prompt diversification beyond the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/29/companies/japan-property-investors-uk-shift/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #realestate #mitsubishiestate #mitsuifudosan #investment #ukjapanrelations

Dreaming of an apartment in Tokyo? Soaring prices, foreign investment and scarce supply are making that dream harder to reach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/29/japan/society/rising-property-prices-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #property #tokyo #affordability #realestate #housing #buildings

Mitsubishi Estate held a groundbreaking ceremony for a large office complex to be built along the River Thames in London scheduled to be completed in 2029. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/companies/mitsubishi-estate-london/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mitsubishiestate #london #realestate

A breathtaking piece of property in the heart of Tokyo has become the ultimate souvenir for wealthy foreign nationals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/markets/foreign-property-buyers-tokyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #expats #tokyo #realestate #housing #china #inflation

Orix’s real estate investment unit has raised the target size of one of its funds by 33%, reflecting rebounding Japanese institutional investor demand for property market deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/orix-property-fund-boost/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #orix #realestate #inflation

The Kobe Municipal Government is mulling a nonstatutory municipal tax on owners of vacant or underused units in high-rise condominiums in central districts of the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/japan/kobe-eyes-tax-on-unused-condo-rooms/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kobe #taxes #realestate #depopulation

East Japan Railway has purchased from Goldman Sachs Group several floors in an office building connected directly to Tokyo Station, paying more than ¥50 billion. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/09/companies/goldman-office-jr-east/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jreast #goldmansachs #rail #tokyo #realestate #depopulation

Nomura Holdings is creating a U.S. commercial real estate platform, with several hires from investment bank Barclays meant to fill a gap in the Japanese lender's securitized products and private credit unit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/04/companies/nomura-barclays-hires/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nomura #barclays #banks #realestate #us

New Zealand on Monday said it will open its housing market to wealthy foreigners who invest in local businesses, reversing a previous ban in expectation it will boost economic growth. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/new-zealand-foreign-investors-homes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #realestate #housing #newzealand

Hiroshima’s annual ceremony for world peace was canceled in 1950 due to the Korean War. Fifty years later, in 2000, land prices across Japan were still struggling to recover from the burst of the asset bubble. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/japan/history/hiroshima-peace-tokyo-floods-land-prices/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #floods #hiroshima #koreanwar #terrorism #malaysia #japaneseredarmy #realestate #japaneseeconomy

GTN takes a chance on newcomers to Japan by acting as a guarantor for non-Japanese tenants. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/31/companies/gtn-foreigners-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #foreignworkers #foreigntrainees #housing #property #realestate #propertyrental

China risks repeating Japan’s policy mistakes of the 1990s by misdiagnosing a deep demographic and real estate crisis as a short-term economic slowdown, potentially triggering long-term stagnation and population decline. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/06/world/chinas-housing-crisis-is-worse-than-it-seems/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #china #realestate #housing #chineseeconomy #japaneseeconomy

The Asaichi-dori morning market street in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, registered the largest year-on-year drop among the 2025 highest roadside land prices surveyed by tax offices across the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/noto-roadside-land-price/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawa #earthquakes #realestate #economicindicators #notopeninsula