With a bottoming out of real estate prices and a recovery in the debt market, international real estate portfolio investors are increasingly looking to buy property in Japan.

Buyers who have already declared their interest include Mapletree Investments, the real estate arm of Singapore's state investor Temasek Holdings, American private equity firms Blackstone Group and Fortress, and Germany's Deutsche Bank.

The Japan real estate market is also gaining interest from wealthy Chinese investors and a number of travel agencies have started offering ‘Buy Japanese Property' tours. 

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