FOREIGNERS KEEN ON JAPANESE BUSINESS PROPERTY

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Direct investment by foreigners in Japan's commercial property market more than tripled last year as low interest rates created money-making opportunities.

Foreign investment ballooned to $13bn from an already substantial $4bn in 2005, according to international property company Jones Lang LaSalle.

“Japanese interest rates remain the world's lowest, providing investors with a healthy yield spread,” said JLL in a global report on commercial property investment. As a result, “competition for assets remains intense”.


去年日本商业房产市场上的外国直接投资增加了两倍多，因为日本低利率环境产生了获利空间。

根据国际房地产公司仲量联行(Jones Lang LaSalle)的数据，日本商业房产市场的外资金额从2005年已经十分庞大的40亿美元增加到130亿美元。

仲量联行在一份有关商业房产投资的全球报告中表示：“日本的利率仍是全球最低的，给投资者提供了可观的收益空间。”因此，“对资产的竞争仍十分激烈”。