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Legal and Tax Channel — Latest Case Law and Its Practical Impact

Lawyers and tax accountants in the network analyze the latest real estate case law and the practical points that require attention.

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In real estate practice, it is important to quickly understand how changes in legal and tax matters affect day-to-day operations. Court decisions and tax reforms often contain issues that cannot simply be overlooked, and their effects extend across contracts, management, transactions, and inheritance.

Why you should keep up with the latest information

Regulatory revisions and changes in case law do not immediately appear in everyone's daily practice. However, in moments such as lease renewals, restoration obligations, rent revisions, and valuation at the time of inheritance, they surface as major differences. Delayed information directly creates the conditions for poor judgment.

Key perspectives for practice

What matters is not stopping at simply knowing the law or the news, but translating it into the question, "Where would this affect my own matters?" For example, with a tax reform, you should confirm whether it affects continued holding, sale, or inheritance planning, and from a legal perspective, whether contracts need to be reviewed.

The value of addressing this within the network

Legal and tax matters are highly specialized fields and are difficult to follow alone. When the perspectives of lawyers and tax accountants are shared within the network, practitioners can align the basis for their decisions earlier. It is important not only to have knowledge, but to be in a position to apply it in practice.

At INA Network, we share the latest case law and regulatory changes not merely as news, but from the perspective of how they should inform decisions in the field. The freshness of information and the precision of interpretation have a major influence on the stability of practice.

Daisuke Inazawa, President & CEO of INA&Associates Inc.

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President & CEOINA&Associates Inc.

President & CEO of INA&Associates Inc. Leads real estate brokerage, rental leasing, and property management across Greater Tokyo and the Kansai region. Specialises in income-property investment strategy and advisory for ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

Daisuke Inazawa is the President and CEO of INA&Associates Inc., a Japanese real estate firm headquartered in Osaka with a Tokyo branch. He leads the company's three core businesses — real estate sales brokerage, rental leasing, and property management — across the Greater Tokyo Area and the Kansai region.

His areas of expertise include investment strategy for income-generating real estate, profitability optimisation of rental operations, real estate advisory for ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) and institutional investors, and cross-border real estate investment. He provides data-driven, long-horizon advisory to investors in Japan and overseas.

Under the management philosophy "a company's most important asset is its people," he positions INA&Associates as a "people-investment company" and is committed to sustainable corporate-value creation through talent development. He also writes and speaks publicly on leadership and organisational culture in times of change.

He has passed eleven Japanese professional qualification examinations: Licensed Real Estate Broker (Takken), Certified Real Estate Consulting Master, Licensed Condominium Manager, Licensed Building Management Supervisor, Certified Rental Housing Management Professional, Gyōseishoshi Lawyer (administrative scrivener), Certified Personal Information Protection Officer, Class-A Fire Prevention Manager, Certified Auctioned Real Estate Specialist, Certified Condominium Maintenance Engineer, and Licensed Moneylending Operations Supervisor.

  • Licensed Real Estate Broker (Takken)
  • Certified Real Estate Consulting Master
  • Licensed Condominium Manager
  • Licensed Building Management Supervisor
  • Certified Rental Housing Management Professional
  • Gyōseishoshi Lawyer (Administrative Scrivener)
  • Certified Personal Information Protection Officer
  • Class-A Fire Prevention Manager
  • Certified Auctioned Real Estate Specialist
  • Certified Condominium Maintenance Engineer
  • Licensed Moneylending Operations Supervisor