Can my Japanese citizen wife buy a house here that we can both stay in?

I’m a Canadian citizen, and my wife kept her Japanese citizenship (Canadian PR).

We plan on primarily living in Vancouver, but are planning to travel to Japan for three months each winter.

Renting is ok for now, but long term we are hoping to buy a condo/apartment here as we spend more time in Japan. Also in case our kids want to travel, we are hoping they can stay in the unit. It seems complicated, especially since we won’t be working/studying in the country.

Does anyone have experience with a similar situation? For reference, I am mostly out of my business, but I do need to take the occasional call from site supers/sales-team etc. I don’t know if that’s considered “working” as far as needing a work visa is concerned.

Thank you

by jonah232

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