Guided by international advisers, wealthy Japanese families are considering broader options for wealth planning and the safeguard of their family's future.
Offshore vehicles, principally formed in the Cayman Islands, have for some time
been used in Japan to facilitate the issuance of a wide variety of debt and equity
instruments, bonds and other types of products.
While the official data on property values show that real estate prices and rents are continuing to decline, there is currently a lot of money--both foreign and domestic--looking for high yielding property, often to convert into a REIT (real estate investment trust).