RetireJapan

You mention in the article that Americans shouldn't use ideco or nisa - are there any resources that confirm this? What happens if an American actually set up nisa/ideco?

Since the Rakuten Securities site is basically a maze, I figured I'd ask in here. I finally got them to successfully link my Rakuten card to it (had to phone them to fix my middle name), and I went through マイメニュー, 申込が必要なお取引, 投資信託, 楽天カードクレジット決済 and set it there. Do I need to configure/set it up anywh...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention - a lot of places that take Rakuten Pay also support Rakuten points, so you switch over to the point tab first, have them register your point card, then pay using Rakuten Pay, you get a total of 2.5%.

Here's a trick for Rakuten Pay: - Charge Rakuten Cash using your Rakuten card for normal card points - Change Rakuten Pay to use Rakuten Cash - Get extra points when paying using Rakuten Pay This will net you more than just setting your Rakuten Card as the default payment method in Rakuten Pay. You'...

That income tax guide is basically unreadable - it looks like they put it through Google Translate or something. I've read legal texts that are easier to understand. Is there a Japanese version? And my original question stands - is there anything I should (or shouldn't) do with assets and/or foreign...

But you have to do that anyway after one year, not five.

I'm coming up on the 5 year mark soon, and I see references to a five year rule (which I can't find on the Japanese tax site) about tax residency. Can someone ELI5 the difference between permanent and non-permanent tax residency? What does it mean for me in practice - is there anything I should do b...