Surgery and Disability Benefits in Japan
John’s Heart This guest post deals with some aspects of major surgery and subsequent physical disability status here—offering the personal experience of someone who has just gone through it. John is a regular reader and contributor to the site -and today he’s going to share a pretty major life experience. In late March I had […]
The Monday Read
May disease edition May disease (５月病) is a sense of malaise that hits children and adults in May. Presumably the excitement of new colleagues, classmates, and situations in April has worn off, the Golden Week holidays have been and gone, and life seems a lot less fun now that we have three months until any […]
Bad Idea: Borrowing to Invest
Sadly I did consider it briefly The bank I have my mortgage with sent me the flyer above for the second time this week. Basically it introduces a multi-purpose loan the bank is offering. The conditions are floating rate (currently 2.3%), can borrow up to 10 million yen for up to ten years, and the […]
The Monday Read
Summer in the air It’s getting warm (and humid!) up here in Sendai. Get the feeling this is going to be a long, hot summer. Might be a good time to review our top ten tips to cope with summer heat here in Japan 🙂 Here are this week’s links If we’re going to subsidise […]
Who wants to work forever?
Depends on a lot of things Work Some people can’t wait to be done with it. Others can’t imagine living without it. Due to running this site, I often hear people say something like “I’m not going to be able to retire, so I will just work until I drop”. The Japanese government is trying […]
The Monday Read
Road to Damascus edition This week’s Monday Read comes to you from Tallinn Airport, where I am killing time (seizing the moment?) before flying back home via HEL (sinki) and Nagoya. I spent the last six days at a jiu-jitsu training camp, and my mind was blown by meeting a guy called Priit Mihkelson. His […]
Money is like… electricity
Another way to think about personal finance One important factor in personal finance is how you think about money, your attitude towards it, and your financial habits. I find it very useful to think about things from a different angle sometimes, and yesterday it occurred to me that money is in fact quite a lot […]
The Monday Read
Tallinn edition Well, I am in Tallinn this week. First time here, quite liking it so far. Here are this week’s links: Customer service in Japan is pretty good until you go off-script: The Dark Side of Japan’s Customer Service Pretty inspiring: Two Years Of FIRE: Sometimes, You Just Have To Leap 48% of men??? […]
Welcome to RetireJapan
Let me show you around If you are new to RetireJapan this post is for you. Perhaps you saw our article in the Japan Times? Or maybe a friend told you about the site. However you found us, welcome 🙂 This site is for you. Specifically, it is for people living in Japan who would […]
The Monday Read
Golden Week Edition! I presume no-one will read this, as you’re all on holiday and not wasting time at work 😉 I am planning to have an excellent Golden Week. I am going to stay home, sleep a lot, go to jiu-jitsu every day, take naps, play with the grandkids, and maybe write some stuff […]