Author Profile: Ken Seeroi

Japanese Rule of Something I’ve been enjoying Ken Seeroi’s blog, Japanese Rule of 7, for a while now. It’s funny, doesn’t take itself too seriously, but from time to time it comes up with some really sharp observations about life in Japan. Well, not my life in Japan, because I tend to go home and […]

Guest Post: Adoption in Japan

Some say it can’t be done, happily they are wrong I’m thrilled to bring you this wonderful guest post today on a really important topic. It’s of personal interest as my wife and I are considering doing this in the future, and it’s something that most people don’t know much about. I’m a huge fan […]

Saving for the Future

Jon is back Prolific contributor Jon is back with his second guest post in as many months. You may remember his post about deciding to buy a house from last month. Today he writes about his financial plan. I always find it really interesting to hear or read about other people’s situations -it’s a great […]

Guest Post: To Buy or Not to Buy

We have a treat for you today: a guest post from Jon detailing his thought process leading up to buying a home here in Japan. Here at RetireJapan we’ve always maintained that buying a home is essentially an emotional decision, and most people will probably choose the option that they think will make them and […]

Guest Post: Saku’s Random Book Club

Books and entrepreneurship? Pushing all my buttons. Another guest post for you today -what is this? Christmas already? I love books and reading, am interested in random business ideas and making money, and have been a fan of Patrick’s newsletter for a while. When I saw his new subscription service idea I thought it would […]

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

Guest posts and events (just to remind everyone: the Monday Read is written on Monday, and you can find it on the site and on Facebook then, but if you are reading this from the newsletter it’s a week behind. Shouldn’t make much difference to most of the content) Just got back from an exhausting […]