The capital of Japan took first place in the world in terms of sales offices in the first half of this year, - says the report of the international consulting company Colliers International . In particular, in the first six months of this year in Japan sales offices amounted to $ 7.67 billion, ahead of London ($ 5.07 billion) and Paris ($ 3.74 billion). New York ($ 2.31 billion) and Washington ($ 2.18 billion) rounded out the top five. Sales in the office segment in the world has increased the second half in a row. In the first half of 2010, global investments totaled $ 58.4 billion, up 31% and 37% compared with the second and the first half of 2009, respectively, - the report said Colliers.