My German brother in law lived in Japan for over 50 years. He owned a rural off-grid property in Hokkaido.
He died three years ago and my wife only found out about from German estate lawyers last year. It took them another year to tell her that she stands to inherit a piece of isolated rural land in Japan with no electricity with a derelict huse that must be demolished before it can be sold.
She is thinking that with the expense of three German estate lawyers working on the case already (one is of Japanese origin), a Japanese lawyer involved, the requirement of other intermediaries, translators, a demolition contractor, a real estate agent and unpaid land taxes for the past three years to be paid that it just isn't worth it to even accept the inheritance.
What are land prices like in Hokkaido?
He died three years ago and my wife only found out about from German estate lawyers last year. It took them another year to tell her that she stands to inherit a piece of isolated rural land in Japan with no electricity with a derelict huse that must be demolished before it can be sold.
She is thinking that with the expense of three German estate lawyers working on the case already (one is of Japanese origin), a Japanese lawyer involved, the requirement of other intermediaries, translators, a demolition contractor, a real estate agent and unpaid land taxes for the past three years to be paid that it just isn't worth it to even accept the inheritance.
What are land prices like in Hokkaido?
