RetireJapan

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I've been doing like this for years.
The point is to have a coin purse with 2 compartments : 50/100/500 yen compartment
and 1/5/10 yen compartment.
This way, you can identify the coins by size and color pretty fast..

Hi there I have a dormant account with MUFG that I don't use much because of the standard fees, but they seem to have revised them a bit, as per the following links. I guess competition is a good thing. https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a0b0b1d0993e92d488ade45aad85876c627fb6d1 https://manetatsu.com/...

I second to what Concerned and Ori said. It is also my experience that there are RE agents who try to give good service and make everyone happy (landlord, renter, agent), and there are, let's say, less professional people. It's all business : A good agent will negotiate a lower rent on your behalf i...

I've researched this topic recently. Here is what I found, I hope it helps This is quite old, but it's explained in plain English, and I believe the content hasn't changed that much : https://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/jp/Documents/human-capital/ges/jp-ges-foreign-asset-reporting-require...

@cowcamo You're welcome. I see you've done your homework. Sorry my words were too vague : by "checking the neighbors", I meant "talk to them to see what kind of people they are". You're going to be stuck with them as neighbors for a long long time, so it might be good to get a ge...

Wow. That is big news. According to the following articles (in Japanese), it seems quite likely. https://www.souzoku-hyogo.com/column/3575/ https://dejima-souzoku.com/2020/10/14/%E6%B5%B7%E5%A4%96%E8%B3%87%E7%94%A3%E3%81%AE%E7%9B%B8%E7%B6%9A%E7%A8%8E%E6%B8%9B%E5%85%8D%EF%BD%A4%E6%94%BF%E5%BA%9C%E6%A...

One of our relatives is a carpenter/house builder, and here is what he told us to do before deciding on a place. - Check the Hazard Map of the city. Usually it's available online. It will tell you, for example, how high the water may rise in case of floods. It may be 30 cm in some places, 5 m in oth...

Plenty of good advice here. Especially this one : Definitely get unlimited cover for the other party. The minimal cost versus the life-changing consequences of a high cost claim make this a no-brainer in my opinion: insurance exists to cover the costs that would damage you Personally, I wouldn't cha...

Hi there Here is my humble opinion after 3 purchases over the last 15 years Looking at Toyota resellers for the car in my region, prices seem to vary from 40 man to 180 man. Although the prices seem to be loosely related to the age of the car and its mileage, it doesn't always feel clear cut. Are th...

I invested in a hair clipper which cost me initially 4000 yen but saved me between 1000- 1500 per haircut( sometimes I wanted that wet shave) .So after one year I am saving. 3000-4500 per year. -Hair clipper for me too. Great savings over fifteen years or so, haircut can be done at home anytime. -Q...