Guest Post: Solar Panels in Japan in 2023

Photo of people installing solar panels in Japan.

I contacted three different providers and asked each for an estimate for a solar power generation system equipped with a storage battery. Two of them provided me with two sets of estimates (with and without), while another just gave one (with).

The Monday Read: Xmas 2022

Honestly cannot believe we are less than a week from Christmas. Like, where did the last (three) year(s) go? Fortunately we agreed not to do presents for the adults this year, which takes an enormous amount of pressure off. I’ll be doing my Xmas shopping tomorrow for the grandkids. My turkey is due to arrive […]

Guest Post: Trading Japanese Stocks

Not so Talked About Investment Options I Tried (Part Two) Today’s guest post is the second one from Leonard Loo, an entrepreneur and author based in Japan. He sent me an email a few weeks ago asking about whether he could sponsor a post on the site about his new book. As you know, RetireJapan […]

Guest Post: Social Lending

Social lending sites

Not so Talked About Investment Options I Tried (Part One) Today’s guest post is from Leonard Loo, an entrepreneur and author based in Japan. He actually sent me an email a few weeks ago asking about whether he could sponsor a post on the site about his new book. As you know, RetireJapan does not […]

The Monday Read

The Monday Read from RetireJapan

Not much to report this week. A few things on the horizon, but nothing I can announce just yet. We’re still looking for guest posts or reader profiles. If you would like to contribute either of these please get in touch! This week’s links I need to do more of this: When in doubt, try […]