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On October 26, Ken Maeta (50) of the comedy duo “Slim Club” reported on his own X account that “my rent suddenly went up by 77,000 yen,” sparking discussion on a 5ch entertainment/sports news thread. Maeta wrote, “Today I’ve got one best thing and two worst things,” revealing the shocking rent-hike notice. The thread saw mixed reactions — some figured a celebrity income could easily absorb it, while others suspected the whole story was made up — and the discussion expanded into the real-estate practice of re-listing vacant units at a much higher rent after a tenant moves out.
Mon, Oct 26, 3:35 PM
Ken Maeta (50), of the comedy duo “Slim Club,” updated his X (formerly Twitter) account on the 26th with a surprising report about his rent.
Maeta posted, “Today brought one amazing thing and two terrible things.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Exactly.
All it takes is one 'no thanks' and that's the end of it.
That's how it works in every country.
I heard Ben(?) kept wearing the same shirt forever too (name appears partly obscured with a period in the original, maybe dodging a word filter).
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If there's a valid reason behind the hike, it's legit, and rents just keep climbing.
He can't give a source since it's personal info, right? Is everyone here some kind of stakeholder, lol.
Once you're an adult with a halfway decent income, you realize nobody bothers lying about something this trivial.
And this comedian's income isn't exactly salaryman-level anyway.
The markup is insane.
Once a unit's vacant, the landlord can set the rent however they like — they're redoing the whole interior and fixtures anyway.
They can't pull that kind of extreme hike on an existing tenant though. That's what the Land and House Lease Law is for.
Tokyo's too expensive, so he's probably planning to buy a place in Okinawa eventually.
Before you even get to the whole 'move to the city, work part-time, live poor in a bathless apartment' thing — these days if you don't already have a job lined up, you won't even pass the guarantor company's screening to rent a place.
Used to be you could just get your parents to be your guarantor.
In the end, the people who already bought their homes are the real winners.
If you're living in Tokyo, having a rent subsidy or company housing is the way to go.
Wish something could be done about it.
She passed away, right.
The shock on top of everything else.
That wasn't quite clear enough, so let me clarify — not paying at all is a problem.
As long as you keep paying the original rent, you're fine. If the landlord refuses to accept it, you can deposit it with the Legal Affairs Bureau.
but since they haven't said a word about compensation money, I'm just ignoring it.
The landlord's probably just hoping I'll leave on my own.
That's pretty bold of you.
Takes guts, but how's that actually going to play out?
Doesn't that notice carry some legal force?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Under Japan’s Land and House Lease Law, raising rent on an existing tenant requires a legitimate justification — a unilateral notice from the landlord alone doesn’t automatically make the increase official. If a tenant doesn’t agree, they can simply keep paying the original rent, and if the landlord refuses to accept it, the tenant can deposit it with the Legal Affairs Bureau as a countermeasure. On the other hand, once a tenant moves out, it’s standard practice to renovate the vacant unit and re-list it at a much higher market-rate rent — and the thread noted this gap between the rules for “existing tenants” and those for “new listings.” Opinion was also split on whether to take the celebrity’s post at face value or suspect it was exaggerated for content, which became another distinctive point of debate in the thread.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Slim Maeta’s rent gets an unexpected hike: ‘It jumped by 77,000 yen all at once’ — followers say ‘That’s rough’.”
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