RetireJapan

Just noting that this thread ( https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanFinance/comments/nmugxx/where_i_should_i_put_my_money_usa_or_japan/ ) on reddit (comment from starkimpossibility) seems to conclude that a US 401k (I assume also applies to a Roth or Trad IRA as well) ARE reportable on the OAR. Not sure if...

Quite old thread, but the scenario discussed here is similar to mine and I'm thoroughly confused :? Me: US citizen living in Japan less than 5 years (not yet tax permanent resident) with working Visa (no PR) Wife: Japan citizen with US green card (we have extended once, need to decide whether or no...

But I just found out Japan also has a foreign earned income tax break. So the double taxation won't be so bad. Foreign earned income is just that, income from a job. Japan doesn't tax it for the first five years of residence, provided it is not remitted here. Income from investments, dividends, int...

Quite old thread, but the scenario discussed here is similar to mine and I'm thoroughly confused :? Me: US citizen living in Japan less than 5 years (not yet tax permanent resident) with working Visa (no PR) Wife: Japan citizen with US green card (we have extended once, need to decide whether or not...

Reading this thread, it seems that a US citizen can invest in a NISA, while holding only individual Japanese stocks to avoid the PFIC taxation issues. Surely, investing in individual Japanese stocks, it will be much harder to diversify, but given the tax advantage of the NISA, it might still be a wo...

Totally NOOB here. I've been living and working in Japan now for over 2 years, but before that working for a long time in the US, so most of my assets are in US based accounts. I have never brought money into Japan other than some small credit card spending that I do here on US based credit cards. H...