Japan's Hottest Commodity: Water.

The article reports on the growing number of foreign investors who were atracted with the decline in real estate prices and lax rule on selling foreigners forestland in Japan. It says that the biggest spike in forest purchases by foreigners has come in Hokkaido, indicating that China leads the purchases of Hokkaido forest and water rights. Hokkaido Governor Harumi Takahashi concerns about the lack of information about some of the land purchases and the development plans of overseas investors.