Japanese land prices showed signs of emerging from a slump of more than a decade, with both commercial and residential land prices in Tokyo rising in the year to July 1 for the first time in 15 years, according to a report by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Nationwide land prices fell for the 14th straight year, but more moderately than in the previous year, suggesting an end to a downturn that has plagued the Japan's real estate market and concerned land owners since an asset-inflated "bubble economy" burst in the early 1990s.