RetireJapan

If you can afford it, this is probably worth it. Pay in 10k + ten years of contributions (about 7k?) to get an annual pension of 9k. You make your money back in two years and after that it is all profit. This is about 4x a better deal than kokumin nenkin here. The risk is living longer than you thi...

I had a look into the UK national pension, it seems like I have paid 6 years into it in total. I'm kicking myself that I didn't keep doing it when I had the chance, but I can use my UK savings to help put money into it - it is just sitting there and basically pays for my PS games ;) so I'm happy to...

Hi all, OP here, thanks very much for the advice and sorry for not being able to write back sooner - busy time of year for me. I had a look into the UK national pension, it seems like I have paid 6 years into it in total. I'm kicking myself that I didn't keep doing it when I had the chance, but I ca...

Hi all, I'm very glad to have found this forum. Nice to meet you all! I'm wondering if someone can give me some advice on what to do please. I'm a 40 yr old British guy living in Tokyo for about 15 years and I intend to stay in Japan long term. I'm new to investment, I never really had the opportuni...