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Kolaboro / Countries / Japan

Off-plan projects in Japan

Facts from 14 tracked projects: what developers publish, what registers confirm, and how late handovers are.

In Japan, Kolaboro has reviewed 14 off-plan projects in 6 markets (7 off-plan, 7 under construction). On average 2.2 of 6 buyer checks are public and 0.4 are confirmed by an official register or independent source.

1 project is past the first handover date we have on record; 0 are past the date currently advertised. Data of 5 November 2026.

14projects tracked
6markets
29%publish a permit or licence number
0%state deposit protection
1past the first handover date on record
7developer claims contradicted by another source

Markets in Japan#

Off-plan projects tracked in Japan#

Sorted by the number of buyer checks the developer makes public. Facts as advertised, checked against registers where we could; "not published" means we found no public source.

ProjectWhereStageHandover year advertisedChecks publicConfirmed by register or independent sourcePast first handover date on record
Mondomio Okinawa Resort Onna Village Fuchaku OKA-002Okinawaunder construction20284/60/6not past
Miru Residences Hakuba HKB-001Hakubaunder construction20273/60/6not past
Four Seasons Resort and Private Residences Okinawa OKA-003Okinawaunder construction20273/62/6not past
City Tower Tokyo Tamachi TYO-002Tokyounder construction20273/60/6not past
ONE HANAZONO VILLAS JAP-001Japanoff-plannot published2/61/6no date
MIRU Residences Hakuba (Happo-One Nakiyama) JAP-003Japanoff-plan20272/60/6not past
Brillia Kyoto Kitayama The Residence KIX-001Kyotounder construction20272/60/6not past
Hotel101-Niseko NSK-001Nisekounder construction20262/62/6not past
HOSHINOYA Hutte Niseko (provisional name) NSK-003Nisekounder construction20292/60/6not past
Hanacreek Niseko NSK-004Nisekooff-plan20252/60/6no date
QUILL RESORT OKINAWA OKA-001Okinawaoff-plan20272/60/6not past
City Tower Akabane TYO-001Tokyooff-plan20292/60/6not past
Ryowha Hirafu luxury resort and villas (unnamed) JAP-002Japanoff-plan20281/60/6not past
Aman Residences, Niseko NSK-002Nisekooff-plan20301/60/635 months

Furthest past the first handover date#

  1. Aman Residences, Niseko (Niseko): first handover on record December 2023, 35 months ago; date moved 84 months in total

Source: /data/on-time.json (as of 2026-11). All markets

Delivery-delay index#

MarketTrackedWith a datePast first dateShare past first dateMedian months late
Niseko431null%too few
Okinawa330null%too few
Japan320null%too few
Tokyo220null%too few
Hakuba110null%too few
Kyoto110null%too few

Source: delivery-delay index, /data/delay-index.json.

Dated promises: kept, broken, moved#

MarketPromisesKeptBrokenMovedPending
Niseko70122
Japan60005
Okinawa50005
Tokyo20002
Hakuba10001
Kyoto10001

Each promise is an exact quote from the developer page or research record: promise tracker, /data/promises.json.

Official registers for Japan#

We have not yet documented an official online register for Japan. Ask the developer for the permit number and the document that protects your deposit, then check them with the issuing authority; see the registers we cover.

Questions and answers#

How many off-plan projects does Kolaboro track in Japan?

14 projects in 6 markets (Niseko, Japan, Okinawa, Tokyo, Hakuba), data of 5 November 2026.

How many off-plan projects in Japan publish a permit or licence number?

4 of 14 (29%). 0 are confirmed in an official register or by an independent source.

How many off-plan projects in Japan state deposit protection such as escrow?

0 of 14 (0%).

Are off-plan projects in Japan delivered late?

1 of 14 tracked projects are past the first handover date on record, the furthest by 35 months. 0 are past the date they currently advertise.

Are you the developer, or did we get something wrong? Send documents and we add your reply or correct the record: right of reply · corrections. Every figure here is computed from the open dataset (/data/bali-cases.json, CC BY 4.0) and changes when the data changes.

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