Energy, Climate change, and long-term investing
A really thought-provoking guest post Today’s guest post is by a reader who got in touch and offered to explain a few things about the implications of climate change. I found the conversation so interesting that I asked him to write about it for the blog, and he came through in spades. Take it away, […]
The Monday Read
Typhoon Edition I hope everyone is safe out there. The typhoon looks pretty gnarly! YouTube Thank you for your support of the RetireJapan YouTube channel. New content coming soon. Maybe. The Forum The Forum is doing well (23,490 posts so far). Here are the latest active threads: This week’s books Finished Stephen King’s Fairy Tale. […]
The Monday Read
Course Launch Edition This week was the first session of the RetireJapan online course, Your First Ten Million Yen. The course sold out in just a couple of days this time, which was amazing. We’ll be doing another one in January (just in time for all those new year resolutions) so if you are interested […]
The Monday Read
Intermittent Fasting and Cold Showers Edition Regular readers will be amused that I am still trying to find some gimmick to make myself healthier. My wife’s been taking cold showers for a couple of years now, but I thought that was a bit extreme for me and not something I had the willpower for. I’ve […]
A fun budget
Time to stop being so serious Had a really great conversation with my wife today, and came up with an idea that is going to transform the rest of our lives. We decided to create a fun budget. This is new for us, and it’s not a concept I have seen written about elsewhere. Basically […]
RetireJapan Guide to NISA 2022
The New Edition is Out I finished the 2022 edition of the RetireJapan Guide to NISA on Sunday, and my book designer sent me back the final files today. I’m really proud of this version, it is 50% longer than the previous edition and contains a lot of updated content about Tsumitate NISA, the New […]
The Monday Read
Getting Things Done Edition Now that I am no longer working full-time (or unemployed, as my wife puts it) I am finding I have so much more energy and motivation to do things. Just finished writing the 2022 edition of The RetireJapan Guide to NISA. It is 50% longer than the previous version, and well […]
Changes to NISA on the horizon
Some great proposals, but how many will get through? I was pretty excited to see this graphic on the morning news yesterday 🙂 A couple of months ago the FSA (Financial Services Agency) did a survey on what kind of improvements the general public wanted to see with NISA accounts. Based on the results of […]
The Monday Read
Pain Edition This has been a very mixed month for me. In some ways, it has been fantastic. My work situation is more flexible and I am feeling energised. On the other hand, I have injured both hands (one falling off a bicycle, one at jiu-jitsu) and then last Monday I wrecked my back carrying […]
RetireJapan Online Course
Your First Ten Million Yen UPDATE: We are now sold out. Thanks for your interest, everyone! If you are still interested in the course, please sign up for our waiting list here. We’ll announce if any places become available, and details of future courses before they are publicly announced. The next step in the RetireJapan […]