capital markets
Toggle Holdings, which debuted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market on October 30, 2026, is positioning itself at the intersection of artificial intelligence and real estate development. Led by CEO Yoshimori Ito, the company was established in June 2020 with a mandate to eliminate the heavy reliance on localized,
venture capital
SBI Investment, a venture capital subsidiary of SBI Holdings, has partnered with Hankyu Hanshin Holdings to establish a new 4 billion yen corporate venture capital (CVC) fund. The new vehicle, officially named the Hankyu Hanshin Innovation Partners No. 2 Investment Limited Partnership, was launched with a planned 10-year operational
digital assets
A consortium led by Daiwa House Industry and its asset management unit, alongside key financial sector partners including SMBC Nikko Securities, Tokai Tokyo Securities, Juroku TT Securities, SMBC Trust Bank, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), announced the successful public offering and issuance of a new real estate security token
private credit
Nippon Life Insurance Company has signed a memorandum of understanding for a comprehensive strategic partnership with Blackstone, the world's largest alternative asset manager. The alliance focuses heavily on private credit and real estate, aiming to enhance Nippon Life’s asset management capabilities, optimize its risk-return profile, and
tokenization
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s (TMG) "Digital Securities Market Expansion Promotion" project provides a window for firms to lead the structural shift from "Savings to Investment." As Tokyo aggressively pursues its mandate to become Asia's preeminent innovation and financial hub, this project provides the
real estate
estie, a leading provider of commercial real estate data and industry-specific AI, has entered into a capital and business alliance agreement with The Norinchukin Bank, with a view to modernize the real estate finance sector. The partnership aims to accelerate digital transformation (DX) within Norinchukin’s real estate investment
private credit
Japan’s second-largest lender and its top life insurer are moving to reshape the nation's lending landscape. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMBC Group) and Nippon Life Insurance are currently in talks to launch a private credit fund with initial capital of at least 500 billion yen (US$
real estate
Global commercial real estate giant CBRE and Japanese institutional heavyweight The Norinchukin Bank have inked a strategic partnership to hunt for higher-yielding property investments. The basic agreement centers on a joint investment program designed to capitalize on "value-add" real estate opportunities across the Japanese market. The
tokenization
Japan’s security token (ST) market is quietly undergoing a massive transformation. What began as a niche experiment in digitizing prime Tokyo real estate has ballooned into a market exceeding 130 billion yen, drawing in major financial institutions and retail investors alike. However, as the market matures, industry leaders are
real estate
To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Japanese financial institutions are promoting "Zero Energy Renovation (Zenobe) Finance" to upgrade the environmental performance of aging building stocks. This requires a collaborative effort by major banks to address economic hurdles and technical constraints that currently prevent owners from retrofitting older properties.
asset management
The Financial Services Agency (FSA) conducts the Fund Monitoring Survey in light of requests from the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and others for national authorities to collect data on funds of a certain scale from the perspective of financial stability, as well as for the Agency's
bnpl
Smooth, a FinTech startup disrupting the Japanese real estate market with its initial-cost installment payment service, has successfully completed the first close of its Series B funding round. The company has raised a total of approximately ¥2.85 billion (approx. USD 19.5 million), comprising both third-party equity