The Monday Read: Home Sweet Home
Back in Sendai, and it is good to be home. I’ve missed my daily routine, spending time with the family, and knowing where everything is. It’s also nice to be back at work, so to speak. There are quite a few things on the horizon! I’m working on RetireJapan’s first video course (The Basics of […]
The Monday Read: Taking Time to Breathe
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musings, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. Miyakojima week 2. Still love it here. So much so that I have idly started thinking about moving here, or at least spending chunks of the year here. You can see a lot of […]
The Monday Read: Miyako Calling
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musings, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. I’m in Miyakojima for a couple of weeks. It’s pretty good down here. I first visited in June, but liked it enough to book a second trip in October! Primary goal was for my […]
The Monday Read: Life is Good
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musings, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. It’s been a busy week, but life is good. Getting out of the heat of summer has made everything better. I am more productive, have more energy, sleep better… Incredible how much difference it […]
I can’t afford to [do the thing]
Can you really not afford that thing, or is it just not that much of a priority?
The Monday Read: the pleasure of cool evenings
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musings, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. What an underrated pleasure it is to sleep with the windows open at night. We were finally able to turn the AC off this week (but I still have a fan on low at […]
Bribing the Money God
There is a shrine on a small island off the coast of Miyagi. The shrine is over a thousand years old. Legend says that people who participate in the ceremony three years in a row will never want for money again…
The Monday Read: Autumn Breeze
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musings, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. Finally I can feel the hint of autumn in the air. It is no longer unpleasantly hot at night, and I have spent the last couple of days working without AC. Praise be! This […]
The Monday Read: Computer Disposal
Welcome to The Monday Read, RetireJapan’s weekly collection of content, musings, and links related to personal finance and life in Japan. Had a really fun catch up session with graduates of our Your First Ten Million Yen course last weekend. We’ve run two cohorts so far, so it was great to hear everyone’s success stories […]
Guest Post: What happens to iDeCo if you die?
iDeCo and other DC pension accounts are NOT treated like other assets when someone dies. Read about designating a beneficiary and making sure your assets are covered.