Japan (and its Real-Estate market) Rides Again

And a few more updates from the last 2 months – https://www.moodys.com/research/Moodys-changes-outlook-on-Japans-real-estate-sector-to-stable–PR_277176?goback=.gde_2060426_member_243882374

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=356308

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/21/japan-survey-idINDEE95K04V20130621

Mate, this discussions got close to 5000 views, and is often first page on google for "Japan real estate property investment" – passion pays, in life and business both

It does, actually – you're presenting a YOY graph, which is a nice little demagoguery trick, considering the fact that you're comparing the current industrial production to that of the post-tsunami era, when the country's biggest re-construction blitz was on. However, if you compare May's numbers to April's you'll see the data is quite accurate (2.3 actually, even better), and furthermore, that, while it's dropped slightly in June, it's still better than it's been since November last year. Nice try though, I love how you play with those graphs.Here's another guy who's good at that, only he's presenting things on the other end of the scale, using, surprisingly, identical colorful pretty pictures, much similar to yours (let me guess, he's an idiot, since he doesn't agree with you and Bass) – http://www.businessinsider.com/japan-is-never-going-to-default-2012-5

Get it? And here's the best part, which I've been harping on since this endless discussion started – couldn't have said it better myself –

And this is really what you're constantly failing to see, sticking to your numbers, graphs and comparing the growth dynamics of ice lettuce to sumo wrestling yokozuna charts till the cows come home – Japan is a socially cohesive country and community, with a deep sense of union and mutual responsibility unparallelled anywhere on this earth. While it may lack in innovation, population growth and/or flexibility to what you'd like to see, it's also nothing like Greece, the USA, Portugal, or any other country on the bankruptcy lists where people hit the streets, loot, burn and pillage at the first sign of trouble. Japan shrugs and prevails, and will continue to do so in the long run, even when things go downhill, as they undoubtedly do anywhere in the world. They support each other – from the man on the street to the CEOs of the world's biggest corporations – of which it still has a great many, whose wealth is committed to their country and peers, regardless of where their factories may lie. When Sharp needs a bailout, Sony, Hitachi and Toshiba are there. When Abe wants to create inflation and growth, corporations comply and raise employee wages IN ADVANCE of such occurrences, in order to stimulate them pro-actively. When over 20,000 perish in a natural disaster that levels entire prefectures, organized crime syndicates work hand in hand with grandmothers and grandfathers to rebuild, days before the first official rescuers even arrive at the scene. When you understand how the Japanese mind works, you'll understand why, no matter how hard the times may be (and they have been for the last 15 odd years, this is actually the brightest moods in Japan have been since the early 1990s), the country and its economy will carry on.They don't call this idiotic gamble the widow-maker for nothing. Bass (and you, if you've been playing his game), is about to find this out the hard way, I believe. 

Not sure what you mean by that, cynicism aside – this forum's all about property purchases overseas. The economies of the countries involved are a major consideration in such investments, and the number of views on this thread suggest people are finding interest in it. Personally, its also translated into some good business and connections for me, and despite our differences, I also learn alot from freckles posts, whether I find them valid or not, since he's not the only one with these opinions.

from my perspective, as someone who is offering the facilitation of property purchases in Japan, the purpose of posting this thread initially was to gain exposure and interest, and to offer what I think is an exciting and profitable alternative to those who consider investments in other countries. Freckle obviously disagrees, and I disagree with his disagreement, and so it goes…

if you don't think divulging information about overseas investment scenarios in an overseas deal forum is relevant, why are you here?

Dude, you're contradicting yourself again – First you say

, then you immediately go to

Well, here's the real picture about India – New York Times‎ – Rupee Continues Decline on New Evidence of Weakness in Indian Economy

Financial Times – India economy: gloomy forecasts

Ziv Magen, btw, said it as early as a year ago, and then a few more times – here's the last time I said it, before I grew bored (glad to know the world's caught up) – http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2012/11/23/corruption-black-money-in-india-australiaus-court-foreign-investors/ India is corrupt, unstable, and has absolutely nothing going for it aside from sheer numbers of (starving) people on the street – to compare it's economy, business environment or homeless situation (what a joke!) to Japan is utter nonsense – India's a cesspool of poverty, with unfathomable rich/poor gaps – while Japan's one of the world's most socially equalized countries, in spite of your blabber (I strongly suggest you abandon that particular line, because you're going to embarrass yourself, trust me on this one). But yes, the world's second largest country by population has, statistically, managed to finally overshoot Japan, which has 10% of its population. Ra bloody ra. Your point? Incidentally, when did you move from "Japan is doomed" to "Asia is doomed"? Or is this part of the general "the world is doomed" theme? Here's what people are saying about Japan these days (I know, I know, they're all idiots) – LA Times – Japan's Economy Bouncing Back, Offering Model for US 

Guardian – Japan's Pump-Primed Recovery Proves US Deficit Hawks Wrong