RetireJapan

Thank you for this information.

Thank you, captainspoke for your response. I'll look into whether his positions are MFs or ETFs and see how long it takes for each to register purchases. If I find out anything worthwhile, I'll post again.

Hi All, My husband has both a Rakuten and SBI securities account and has ETF (or Mutual Fund?) positions in each. He has arranged automatic withdrawal from his bank account for deposits into these positions each month (I guess this is dollar cost averaging?). When he initiated the positions it took ...

Ohisashi buri. I thought I should follow up with our findings. Of Schwab, TD Ameritrade, and Interactive Brokers, only IB let me open an account with a Japanese address. But at least I could open one account. After I filled out an application form, sent in photo id images and address verification by...

Thank you both for replies. Tomorrow we will discuss them and try to get on track.

I am a US citizen with JP permanent residence married to a JP national with a Green Card. We are in our early 60s and are looking at a 5- to 10-year time frame. We pay taxes in JP and file US returns. I’d like to summarize what I think I know with regard to future investment as pertains to our case....

Thank you Ben and Captainspoke for your input. What a quandary! We are really going to have to think about what to do. I really appreciate this resource and your advice.

I have been subscribing for ages but due to sale of the (Japanese) family home, we now have some money to invest. I am a US national and my husband is a Japanese national with a Green Card. We lived in the US for a few years but now expect to live in Japan for the duration. We have (kind of moderate...