RetireJapan

Sorry you had to go through this. I gave up with Japanese "doctors" years ago; too poorly trained and most don't have to keep up to date with the latest research in their specialty (most wouldn't even be able to anyways considering the latest research in quality journals is all in English)...

This is getting some unwelcome press recently. https://on.ft.com/3RnK7U9 The comments section is pretty angry about this amazing benefit we’re able to exploit. And that is from Financial Times readers :lol: Imagine what will happen once the Daily Mail gets hold of this story... This is why I have a...

William wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:37 am

Roger Van Zant wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 4:30 am Thankfully I found a foreign doctor and was able to discuss the issue with him.

Based on your published location, I don't assume this doctor is in Tokyo?

Fukuoka.

I went to a Japanese clinic and asked for a tetanus booster, and they have no idea what I was talking about.
That was pretty alarming.
Thankfully I found a foreign doctor and was able to discuss the issue with him.

Never had a problem with my direct debit. I get a letter every February/March that details payments to be taken for the forthcoming year. I chose “twice a year” payments. After the second payment, my record is updated on the same day. I highly recommend direct debit. There’s no stress of waiting fo...

AreTheyTheLemmings? wrote: ↑Tue Mar 04, 2025 2:33 am

Roger Van Zant wrote: ↑Mon Mar 03, 2025 7:47 amland that was truly mine to do with as I pleased.

I hope I'm not being too nosy, but what have you done with it?

Planted lots of fruit trees. Set up some boar cages.

I bought farmland and then reclassified it as mountain land. It cost me about 90,000 yen for the judicial scrivener fees. The plot was about 3/4 of an acre in size. Thanks for the reply Roger Van Zant. That's an interesting move. Did you investigate that change before buying? Was the change to avoi...

I bought farmland and then reclassified it as mountain land. It cost me about 90,000 yen for the judicial scrivener fees. The plot was about 3/4 of an acre in size.

I switched to the Times and would recommend it. Apart from the occasional op-ed by Gerald Baker it’s free of the type of rubbish that fills up the Telegraph now. Very little evidence it’s owned by Murdoch in the content. I pair it with The Guardian (which is free) and get some kind of balance that ...

I am also wondering about this. Any advice? I maxed out all 3.6m of my NISA allowance in 2024 after selling my house (the whole lot in eMaxis Slim All Country). A little while later, I bought six shares of NVIDIA in my tokutei account. Due to the stock split in June 2024, I now have sixty shares of ...