Japan Pension Update 2018
Very exciting Well, it’s that time of year again. My 年金定期便 (pension statement) just arrived, so here are the latest numbers. You can read about the background to the nenkin system in last year’s post, so I’m not going to repeat everything here again. We’ll just be talking about changes and updates from last year. […]
The Monday Read
Rain, rain, go away. Seriously. After the weather these last couple of weeks, I wonder if I really left the UK after all. Hoping to see some sunshine sometime soon… In the meantime, here are this week’s links. Regular blog service returns from Wednesday. お楽しみ！ Sounds like this millionaire interview started out as a JET. […]
The Monday Read
Back in Japan We’re back in Japan, and normal service will resume for the blog on September 5th. Hope to have something good for you then. For now, here are this week’s links: Amen: get rich with simplicity. A Short History of Emerging Market Corrections & Bear Markets. Empire of the: plastic Japan. New batteries […]
The Monday Read
From Nurnberg, Germany It’s pretty hot here too 🙂 Here are this week’s links: Seems legit: six things working women should pretend they can’t do. Dentist millionaire interview. I don’t know, dude: eight questions I’ve been pondering. What is best in life? People retire early for two reasons, and neither of them is money. My […]
The Monday Read
Coming at ya from London, England And it’s been hot here too 🙂 Here are this week’s links: Are you deluding yourself? Appealing fictions If it sounds too good to be true, ask in the RetireJapan forum A Canadian millionaire interview Say it ain’t so: Tokyo businesses may be asked to turn up ACs and open […]
The Monday Read
While the world burns Hope everyone is keeping cool out there. Seems like we’re going to have to get better at dealing with extreme heat going forward -wherever we are in the world. Here are this week’s links: Economist draws picture of Japan’s stealthy wealthy. Yes, retirement will happen. Mean reversion and the placebo effect. […]
The Monday Read
Nothing but the links, Ma’am Without further ado, here are this week’s links: A pretty incredible millionaire interview. Living the dream! How to handle email? The Most Honest Out-of-Office Message I hope to see this soon: How Small Amounts of Money Grow Very Large China is leaving Japan in the dust: China made solar panels cheap. Now it’s […]
Summer Break
We’ll be slacking off in August Not where I am going Summer is here and holidays are in sight… I’ll be taking a long trip during August, and what with getting ready for that and trying to finish everything before I go, I’m not very confident about being able to keep to the blog posting […]
Dividends in Japan
I love the smell of dividends in the morning… … smells like freedom. This post is a quick introduction to dividends with a focus on how they behave in Japan. There are several schools of thought on dividends and different people will want to approach them in different ways. What are dividends? Dividends are regular […]
The Monday Read
It’s meant to be 37 degrees tomorrow in Sendai 37! Fortunately I can stay inside in the AC for most of the day… Stay safe out there! Here are this week’s links: Pretty bad situation for some in Japan. Poverty in Japan: Underclass struggles to achieve upward mobility. I have seen some of these in me. […]