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I have a question though. Can we have two different NISA accounts? one for the Tsukidate monthly amount? and one for the long term larger amount account? Or must they be with the same company? EG Both with Rakuten. or can i have the Tsumetate with Rakuten and the long term amount with Seison? no.no...

There is a long joke about the lack of parachutes on a plane in distress, the culmination of which is one person without a parachute hurtling past a guy with a deployed chute. Nothing this, the guy with the parachute unclips it whilst proclaiming. “So it’s a race you want!”.. Whenever I seeing fina...

There is a long joke about the lack of parachutes on a plane in distress, the culmination of which is one person without a parachute hurtling past a guy with a deployed chute. Nothing this, the guy with the parachute unclips it whilst proclaiming. “So it’s a race you want!”.. Whenever I seeing finan...

One article suggested that we should have a cash bucket of up to five years living expenses. Or, more accurately, living expenses minus income (since we'll hopefully all get some kind of pension income in retirement). This sounds like overkill, but the idea is that we only top up the cash bucket in...

Is that correct? The neverending conundrum. Here's an interesting quote: To pay Class 2 voluntary contributions [...] the following must also apply: [...] you’re currently working abroad ( or you worked while you were abroad ) That seems to imply that once on Class 2, you can stay on it. Probably b...

This doesn't merit a new thread. But I just realised that I might need to be employed or self-employed to legitimately make voluntary Class 2 contributions. Is that correct? Theoretically, if I was funemployed or otherwise a non-productive member of society(more than usual) I'd need to switch to Cla...

The swedish guy, has been doing this for a while, and the one in Tokyo, looks great but I wonder if that's HIS place? or Air BnB? … I would love to understand the income they get from "all the social media streams" they use. … But what's going to happen when the dream of an Akiya becomes ...

This watching the video online is targeted to be rolled out all across Japan by the end of 2024.. and so long as it’s not the people in charge of movie release schedules, this deadline might be kept! https://www.k-ksk.com/driver-license/ 30 mins for us Gold card holders. A whole hour for the wannabe...

It wouldn't freeze again at the current reset level. It would freeze again at the amount you got when you first started drawing your pension. What makes you say that? Do you have a source? Just what was written above by the other poster. (Page 3, by Bubblegun, on 2024/10/10 at 11:46am) Hi Roger! Th...

We're building a Car Insurance article over on the wiki, but it doesn't have info about partners or international permits. By we I mean Moneymatters, and by building I mean once 3 years ago. But as always, improvements are welcome 😁 https://retirewiki.jp/wiki/Car_insurance Just 3 years. pfft. I lea...