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Why Japan real estate is finding favour with Singapore investors

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Downtown Osaka in Japan. The weakening of the yen is making investments in Japan very attractive.

Downtown Osaka in Japan. The weakening of the yen is making investments in Japan very attractive.

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Singapore was the largest cross-border real estate investor in Japan as at August this year, with about US$3 billion (S$4.1 billion) invested in the country, according to a Knight Frank report.

This amount includes US$1.68 billion from Singapore pumped into industrial assets in the first half of 2023, driven mainly by GIC’s US$800 million purchase of a portfolio of six logistics facilities from Blackstone.

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