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Hi Majessa, thank you for letting me know about this! I have already put a little money in Nomura, but depositing and buying ETFs has been a little bumpy so I am not sure if Im committed to using them over the long haul. I was wary to call Ameritrade because of the phone costs (I still have never f...

Hi Majessa, thank you for letting me know about this! I have already put a little money in Nomura, but depositing and buying ETFs has been a little bumpy so I am not sure if Im committed to using them over the long haul. I was wary to call Ameritrade because of the phone costs (I still have never fo...

So on a lark, I tried to open an account with TD Ameritrade online today. After inputting the first page of personal info I got this message: We can’t open your account at this time. Based on your information, we are not currently able to open an account for you. As a U.S.-registered broker-dealer, ...

So digging around the Nomura site, I found a way to email them my question about 1099s. Unfortunately the response was disappointing: 恐れ入りますが、Form1099は弊社では発行しておりません。 お取引いただいた場合には、日本国内での確定申告にご利用可能な、「取引報告書」・「年間取引報告書」等の交付のみとなります。何卒ご理解いただきますようお願いいたします。 I followed up, as the word from Bogleheads was that...

TokyoWart wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:28 am and kind of tried to talk me out of asking the question.

Oh, that sounds a bit... ominous....

Sorry that I don't have a definite answer yet.

Absolutely no need to apologize!! Sorry for my impatience. I will continue my own search in the meantime and report back anything I can find.

I have a Nomura account and a good relationship with my Nomura representative and I’m asking her to look into this for me. Because of the Covid-19 situation it will probably take some time to get an answer from their tax group but I’ll let you know what they say. Up until now I’ve never received a ...

So just to be clear I already file an FBAR every year (because I have more than 10k in my bank account). I suppose this EPF however had no clear value while I was employed so it would not have even been possible to report during 2011-2015. I suppose I maybe could have listed the lump sum "surre...

Dug up my nomura login info and looked around at their foreign ETF options. They do have some basic Vanguard ETFs and others that look like plenty viable options to the 4 I listed in my initial post, but I am a little depressed by the commission rates if I am understanding them correctly (from https...

Is anyone familiar with the concept of a Kosei Nenkin kikin , or Employees' Pension Fund (EPF)? It is, as the name implies and as shown in the pictures here (https://www.nenkin.go.jp/international/english/nationalpension/nationalpension.html and https://www.nenkin.go.jp/service/seidozenpan/shurui-se...

I have a Nomura account and a good relationship with my Nomura representative and I’m asking her to look into this for me. Because of the Covid-19 situation it will probably take some time to get an answer from their tax group but I’ll let you know what they say. Up until now I’ve never received a ...