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I thought I had just an unlucky experience, but reading your comments this "gaman" thing seems to be common in Japan? I had to go through a root canal procedure due to a shattered tooth. Was the first time I ever went to the dentist in Japan, so I didn't really know what to expect, just we...

Thank you people, I got more confident now.

I know the vast majority of Japanese people get their drivers license during college, and I assume most foreigners come to Japan with a license from their country and then renew here. I didn't have a license when I came to Japan, and during college I was too poor to afford to get one here. After sta...

I don't need a number or SMS messaging; only data. Is it already OK to not have a phone number in Japan? I remember that you usually needed to have a phone number in Japan to open bank accounts at least (of for any kind of registration anywhere, really). There was even a colleague of mine transferr...

I'm pretty sure my Card name change will be fine, the only worry is Bank. As it is not my main bank account (my plan was to make it so once everything else is set up), if the name change isn't accepted, I could try closing the account and creating a new one with the alias name. Actually, I remember...

Did you hear that recently there was some movement in France towards giving all children both parents' names In my home country it is customary (but not obligatory) to give the kids both the father and mother surnames (as I have myself), but the following generation only gets the surnames (very las...

And to think that there are foreign friends of mine who willingly give middle names to their kids (which are going to be raised in Japan)... I recently applied for PR, and while gathering the documents I could see the sheer amount of different variations of my name across several documents. It's ama...

3 votes for Moneytree!

Is there even an alternative app?
I have used it for many many years...

I have all my income calculated in an excel sheet (with all the taxes, and all), and as far as I can tell my DC contribution also seems to be taken from post-tax income (my pay slip shows the taxable income and it does not count the DC amount). Having said that my calculated monthly income tax (usin...

Hello everyone. After 15 years in Japan I'm finally applying for the PR. I should have done this long ago though... However, I have a question about the guarantor. I'm single and I have no family in Japan. How should I proceed in this case? I have searched quickly on older topics, but it seems that ...