Assessed value of land was announced by the ministry of Land on 18th of March.

The residential area of the whole country  -0.4%

The business area of the whole country     0%

This figures does not mean anything, so we should look into the details of this.

The residential area in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya is +0.4%

The residential area in the other area is -1.1%

The business area in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya is +1.8%

The business area in the other area is -1.4%

The semi-annual figures indicates the same tendency.

As a result it shows the differential in land price in Japan is expanding in whole country.