RetireJapan

Once in 30 years, and it wasn't much more than a glorified training exercise. I was sitting on a bench outside a station waiting for the missus to arrive. A cop car had been parked nearby since before I got there. There was a senior officer and a (very!) young junior. I could see them looking my way...

"When to take your Japanese pension"... that "to" is doing some heavy lifting, bearing the load of two very different, very weighty connotations: When do you hope to start taking your Japanese pension, and when will you likely end up having to take your Japanese pension.

Thanks!

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2024 4:45 amI got a notary to make my Japanese will.

If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay for that?

Really interesting. Thank you. I remember being shocked, genuinely shocked when a work colleague got tuberculosis. "T-bloody-B? In Japan?! But this is the 1990s!" I had believed that TB had been all but eradicated, at least from the developed world; to me it was something that old people t...

Excellent digression!

captainspoke wrote: ↑Sun Sep 01, 2024 4:36 amTB goes to the warm areas of the body, while leprosy--Hansen's Disease--goes to the cold.

What are the warm and cold areas of the body? The organs and extremities, respectively?

I have no comment on efficacy of drugs in one nation or another, but the translator in me is compelled to clarify... The picture of the Japanese "paracetamol" states: 「1錠中 アセトアミノフェン 300mg」 "300mg of acetaminofen per tablet" The picture of the Japanese "ibuprofen" states...

Those ほけんの窓口 and 保険市場 places you see around town are not affiliated with any particular insurance company, and can help you pick the policy that best suits your needs.

Is this system unique to Monex, or do other companies offer a similar thing?

TokyoWart wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 9:09 amWhat is a "UR"?

You may know them under their old name, kodan.