Landed: The Guide to Buying Property in Japan

In Landed Japan, you’ll learn:

• How to buy Japanese real estate, including high-yield Tokyo apartments, custom-built houses, machiya, foreclosed homes and chalets in Niseko and other ski resorts
• How an aging population, a falling birth rate and other demographic trends drive demand for small Tokyo apartments
• Where to find English-speaking real estate agents, mortgage lenders, architects and other essential service providers
• Where foreigners can get a mortgage in Japan and the documents and insurance you will need to apply for a home loan
• About managing risks such as asbestos, earthquakes, floods, nuclear power, termites and zoning
• Why you should avoid buying homes in rural areas, apartments built on leased or reclaimed land, and old houses in Japan
• About nonresidential investments, such as Japanese love hotels, nursing homes, farms and real estate investment trusts (J-REITs)
• About Japanese investment property, including financing, management companies, tenants' rights and standard terms in a lease agreement
• How Japanese real estate is appraised and taxed and the use of tax-efficient structures like tokumei kumiai (TK) and tokutei mokuteki kaisha (TMK)
• Much more

Christopher Dillon is an entrepreneur and writer whose work has been recognized with several International Galaxy Awards.

In 2002, he bought and renovated a floor in an office building in Hong Kong's Central business district. He subsequently purchased and refurbished a luxury apartment on the west side of Hong Kong Island, transformed a derelict steam laundry into a multimedia studio and bought residential property in Japan. Christopher has served on the management committee of a 210-unit apartment complex in Hong Kong since 2012.

That experience inspired a trio of books: Landed Hong Kong (2008), Landed Japan (2010) and Landed China (2013). His new book, Landed Global, looks at the process of buying property across borders, with case studies and data from more than 110 countries and territories.