RetireJapan

CC points limits are now 100,000 yen a month. The amount of the bonus is going to be 1.2m yen minus the amount of your monthly payments. If you want to front load your tsumitate portion by paying in a lump sum at the beginning of the year, you need to set the monthly payments to the minimum (usuall...

I tried to search for this topic but couldn't find anything. I'm a Japanese PR originally from Canada. I'm heading back to Canada this summer and I'm looking for reputable travel insurance companies. Preferably something easy to navigate or ultimately in English? Any recommendations out there? Thank...

Thank you, heaps. Yeah, I fixed the name problem many of us foreigners have struggled with since many years ago. What a headache! UGH. I'm guessing I can accumulate money in my NISA account before allocating it to whatever Tsumitate or ETF account I choose? I have time to sit back and study the enor...

There are two* ways to fund your NISA/broker account: send money to it by bank transfer (easy, manual, might incur a fee), or have it taken out automatically to buy funds (easy once it is set up, setting up can be a pain). *you can also use credit cards, etc. Do I need to open up a Rakuten Bank Acc...

I was just verified with BitFlyer and sent a test amount of money via furikomi but they haven't confirmed they received it yet which is worrisome. I read somewhere that deposits are made on Sat or Sundays. Find that very strange. I'll let you all know what happens. BitFlyers app has an English vers...

I was just verified with BitFlyer and sent a test amount of money via furikomi but they haven't confirmed they received it yet which is worrisome. I read somewhere that deposits are made on Sat or Sundays. Find that very strange. I'll let you all know what happens. BitFlyers app has an English versi...