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Inheriting the Family Home With Your Siblings──Why "Just Keep It in Joint Names for Now" Is the Riskiest Choice
When siblings inherit the family home as joint owners, selling or renting requires everyone's consent, and each new inheritance adds more co-owners. Here is how the three ways to divide it compare, and the steps from discussion to registration.
The Overseas Owner's Guide to Selling Japanese Real Estate ─ 5 Sale Methods Worth Knowing
This comprehensive guide explains the 5 primary methods by which non-resident owners can sell Japanese real estate, based on Japan MLIT's November 2025 data and industry observations. Of 308 units acquired by overseas residents in Tokyo's 23 Wards, Taiwan accounted for 192 units (over 62%). Covers the 10.21% withholding tax, capital gains tax rates (30.63% short-term, 15.315% long-term for non-residents), the 30-million-yen special deduction applicable to former residences, and the April 2026 FE
Former Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Taipei Representative Ambassador Hiroyasu Izumi Appointed as Honorary Advisor to Yotsuba Real Estate Co., Ltd.
Yotsuba Real Estate Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Kohinata, Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo; Representative Director: Joji Uramatsu / https://luck428.com/) is pleased to announce the appointment of Hiroyasu Izumi (泉 裕泰), former Representative (Ambassador) of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association Taipei Office and current Senior Fellow of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, as Honorary Advisor to the company.
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