大象传媒

We are live from Japan and China to look at how each country is performing economically, by looking at property markets in the countries. First of the week's China - Japan series. The housing bubble in China means that prices in certain regions are tumbling - the 大象传媒's Rob Young speaks from Hangzhou. In Japan, Mark Whitaker is in Kamakura, telling us if Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's latest initiatives to boost the country's economy will work. They speak to guests Professor Motoshige Itoh from Tokyo University and Esther Fung, the property correspondent of the Wall Street Journal in China. (Image: West Lake Hangzhou, Getty Images)