Entry strategy
Investing in Japan — Complete Guide
The definitive strategic guide for foreign investors entering the Japanese market.
Guides & playbooks
Strategic frameworks for serious Tokyo investors
Long-form guides, frameworks and methodologies built from the same internal engines that power our investor briefs. Designed for investors who want structured, data-backed clarity.
Featured themes
Entry strategyStations & linesYield & GRMDeal analysisCosts & taxesMethodology
All guides
Stations & lines
Station-Level Investment Framework
Why Tokyo’s micro-markets require station-level analysis for serious investing.
Yield & GRM
GRM in Japan — Complete Guide
A full breakdown of GRM, rent benchmarks, walk-time penalties and station-level variations.
Deal analysis
How to Analyze a Real-Estate Deal in Tokyo
A structured methodology for underwriting assets like an institutional investor.
Costs & taxes
Financing, Taxes & Fees in Japan
An overview of acquisition costs, financing options and key legal considerations.
Methodology
Tokyo Real-Estate Data Methodology
How Tokyo Insights harmonizes and models Japan’s residential real-estate data.
About these guides
The guides are designed as reference material you can reuse when screening deals, talking to partners or preparing an investment trip to Japan.
- Built from the same models that power our investor briefs.
- Focused on practicality: station-level, GRM, underwriting.
- Updated over time as the Tokyo market and data evolve.
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