Apartment Ownership as a Japanese Inheritance Tax Strategy: How the Valuation Discount Works
A distinctly Japanese estate-planning tool: owning an apartment building can compress inheritance tax through land and building valuation discounts, a small-scale residential land exception, and debt deduction. Here is the mechanism, a cash-vs-property simulation with USD conversions, and the vacancy, borrowing, and sublease risks international investors should weigh honestly before using it.
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