The Monday Read
My life remains interesting, so just the bare bones today (although we have 30 links for you -not too shabby!). Here are this week’s links Really interesting article about illegal drugs and Japan: Japan, the place with the strangest drug debate in the world This seems like a promising approach: The People Who Eat the […]
The Monday Read
Flying back from London soon, so just the links today: I think it’s a good idea for most people to get PR: Getting Japanese Permanent Residency This is a nice resource for people living in Japan: How to Build a Nest Egg in Japan Japan seems to have better numbers than other developed countries: ‘No […]
The Monday Read
This week, the only read The sharper eyed among our readers may have noticed that there was no blog post this week. Unfortunately, my life remains ‘interesting’ this year, in the Chinese curse sense of the word. However, the forum has been pretty lively recently, and I’ve received a few messages with blog ideas so […]
The Monday Read
Situation normal, still busy How is your February going? Mine remains… eventful. Still, at least we have a few more links this week than we did last week 🙂 Here are this week’s links: Not bad! What do you think? Anything good in there?
The Monday Read
A sad tale As I descend deeper into insane business (I wonder if the spelling of ‘business’ comes from ‘busy-ness’?) this week’s Monday Read has 2.5 links in it, which is a new record (low)… Spoke to the Freakonomics Podcast team today about a topic they are considering, but unfortunately didn’t get an invitation to […]
The Monday Read
Damn, it’s cold This polar front/Siberian chill/whatever it is is cold. Looking forward to some warmer weather next week. It’s been a good week for RetireJapan. Our Facebook page likes just went over 1,000, and the mailing list is at 999 🙂 Still incredibly busy in a good way, so without further ado here are […]
The Monday Read
18 degrees in Tokyo today? This has been an extremely busy week, as you can clearly see in the paucity of links and books below. Quality not quantity though, eh? 😉 I’ve had a few emails recently with questions that are great content for blog posts. If you have a question and can’t find the […]
The Monday Read
January is over Very cold in Sendai the last few days -seems like I am feeling it more this year… age? Illness? No flu yet though, fingers crossed on that one 🙂 Here are this week’s links: How are your plans looking? If your Golden Week trip’s not reserved yet, it might already be too […]
The Monday Read
Brexat I wasted several hours of my life last week following the Brexit debate. Now I can’t see a way clear for the country. Game over, both for the UK and for my European passport. On the other hand the RetireJapan Forum went over 3,000 posts last week. I’m really happy with how positive a […]
The Monday Read
Milder than usual This winter seems a lot warmer than usual. I remember most years needing a hat and gloves in January, but this year I can walk around outside without them. It’s quite pleasant if you ignore the hints of climate change… Here are this week’s links: Ten-day golden week this year: are you […]