Published on
October 30, 2025
In a major step towards fostering international cooperation, Florida will augment international real estate relations from the United States to Japan. This week, Florida Realtors® established a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Japan-America Real Estate Coalition (JARECO). This is a first step towards fostering business relations for real estate professionals on both sides. The MoU was signed in Tokyo during the Southeast U.S.-Japan Association (SEUS/Japan) meetings, continuing the efforts aimed at the economic and professional ties between Florida and Japan.
Enhanced Florida-Japan Real Estate Relations
The partnership of Florida Realtors® with JARECO provides the ability to open new avenues for cooperation for two thriving real estate sectors. JARECO is a Japan-America coalition established in 2013, which links the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and five of Japan’s largest real estate associations, which encompass hundreds of Japan’s real estate professionals. The objectives of this coalition will be realized in the new MoU, facilitating the transfer of knowledge and the opportunities for collaboration and skills training.
JARECO’s position in linking Florida Realtors® with Japan’s extensive real estate network is opening new markets for cross-border investments. The partnership reflects Florida real estate sector concerns and expanding global interest.
Florida Realtors® President Tim Weisheyer ensures that Japan will open new business opportunities for real estate professionals in Florida. He aims to use the partnership to build new global real estate relationships. The collaboration is focused on integrating the real estate markets of Japan and Florida.
Weisheyer stated that Florida Realtors® is and will continue to be proactively expanding its international reach. He also mentioned the need for development and collaboration in the areas of market data vertical and business development in the real estate sector in both regions. The new partnership illustrates Florida’s commitment to expanding its global relationships.
The recent expansion of air connections between Florida and Japan makes this moment in our real estate partnership especially significant. Starting February 2026, Japan Airlines’ subsidiary, ZIPAIR, will operate the first nonstop flights between Florida and Tokyo. These flights will integrate Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Tokyo Narita (NRT) airports, making investments, tourism, and business exchanges significantly easier between these pioneering regions.
Enhancing these air connections will facilitate exchanges between Florida and Japan and promote real estate investments. More business and leisure travel will be possible, and the cross-border interactions of professionals will be more seamless. The nonstop flights enhance the connectivity of the two regions, and the real estate market will capitalize on this opportunity.
Future Vision for Florida and Japan Relations and Real Estate
Through the MoU, efforts by Florida Realtors® and JARECO have shown the willingness to advance the ethical framework and professionalism needed in the global real estate market and in the global community. This partnership aims to foster collaboration in the areas of real estate market data, education, and outreach to the communities and business groups in Japan and Florida, and strengthen the ethical practice of real estate and global investments in the global marketplace to maintain the positions of Japan and Florida as the best in the real estate market.
The signing of the MoU is the first opportunity to advance the expected near and long-term opportunities in the real estate and cross-border investments for the Florida and Japanese economies. As the Florida economies of Japan and Japan, opportunities in the real estate markets are expected to flourish for the economies of Japan and Florida.
Conclusions
The growing complexities of the international real estate market strengthen the pathways for collaboration of the economies of Florida and Japan, as exemplified by the signing of the MoU. Within the growing real estate economies, the new non-stop flights from Japan to Florida and vice versa are expected to enhance the cross-border real estate investment relationships. Florida and Japan stand to benefit immensely from the new opportunities to realign investments in the cross-border real estate market to increase the economies of both Japan and Florida.
This collaboration underscores the importance of cross-border collaboration in today’s economy and the growing worldwide interest in real estate in the two locations. Economically, Florida and Japan have and will continue to expand interdependently, with real estate at the center of this enlargement. Given this historic agreement, professionals from both surfaced regions will access and expand networked relationships in opportunities and resources, which will lead to mutual benefits.
