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I'm in exactly the same boat and have also given up. I have very long first and middle names so always a problem opening accounts here. Hopefully someone has had some joy and can help us out!!!

Thanks very much for your response; for some reason I only just noticed it! Have you ever used the CiC? I'm assuming its not a free service?! I can't see any reasons why there would be any issues as have no loans etc other than, yes, the phone is on installment with Softbank. Would that make a diffe...

Hi all Does anyone here have a PayPay credit card (they just refer to it as PayPay Card)? If so, did you have any issues when applying for it / experience of the application being rejected? I have had an application rejected twice and they won't tell me why. All they did say was it was 'keizaiteki'!...

VG1 (or indeed anyone else with experience) - would it be possible to give a bit more clarification on your experience please? You said: "The paperwork is a bit complicated and takes, if I remember correctly, about two weeks (you have to visit a couple of administrations, including the Ministry...

Brilliant! Thanks very much for your help Tkydon!

Thanks again for all your help ClearAsMud. Very much appreciated!

ClearAsMud thank you so much for this amazingly detailed reply! I really appreciate it as have struggled to find a tax advisor that would help clarify these points and the tax agency were useless. Can I just ask you something else please? Just to confirm on inheritance tax - it has to come from a li...

Thanks very much for the suggestion. I may well contact you in due course if I can't find English advice but I have a few leads currently that I am looking in to. I will share with the group if they bear fruit.

Hi all I have a question regarding receiving early inheritance and the tax implications. Looking through the very useful blogs on here, I understand the implications for long term residents receiving inheritance from a lineal relative upon their death i.e. inheritance tax (sōzokuzei) in Japan is a t...

Hi all I wonder if anyone can recommend a tax advisor that has experience in dealing with UK expats please? Ideally they would: 1. Be able to speak English (though not a deal breaker if they can't) 2. Have experience dealing with inheritance / gift tax (from UK to Japan) Thanks very much for any hel...