The news is filled with tales of Japan's economic woes. Currency, corruption, even the very character of the Japanese people is ventured to be the primary cause of a pending calamitous crash. According to world-renowned Japanese real estate appraiser Akiyoshi Inoue, few of these solutions address the grounding for these economic problems. Literally. While Japan is reputed to be the most expensive country in which to live, commercial and residential real estate prices have been in decline since 1991. Building construction continues apace, while real estate holdings of insolvent companies are often sold at auction for less than their mortgage value. This imbalance of supply threatens to continue to further depress real estate prices, creating a dangerous spiral of asset devaluation. Tuesday night, Akiyoshi Inoue will share his vision for stabilizing Japan's real estate markets, perhaps the key to Japan's long term economic health. Inoue is an entrepreneur with decades of experience assaying commercial real estate. His company Sanyu Appraisal Corporation is the largest real estate appraisal firm in Japan, issuing the greatest number of appraisal reports each year. Recently they formed a strategic alliance with Joseph J. Blake & Associates, America's largest privately held real appraisal firm. He is widely recognized within Japan as an expert on real estate investment issues, frequently commenting for the country's leading newspapers and television stations.