Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) has been one of the property sector’s star performers over the past decade. Despite the uncertainties about the road to recovery in 2021, investors remain confident about student accommodation as an asset class. So, given the sector’s tribulations, why are investors convinced it will remain a good bet over the next decade?

Japan’s property markets have long been a safe haven for institutional investors interested in exposure to the Asia Pacific region, but no market has been left unscathed by the pandemic. In May, two months before the postponed Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games are set to take place, Institutional Real Estate Asia Pacific senior editor Dr Jennifer Molloy spoke with three experts on Japan.