RetireJapan

You can change your contribution amount from within the iDeCo page of your Rakuten Sec. account. On the main page, there is a pink box with various notifications in it. Under お知らせ there is a notification titled: ・【2024年12月制度改正】iDeCoの掛金拠出限度額が変更に Click that and you are guided through. Took me 2 minute...

Thank you. Yes I thought about that, but the Home Screen also has profit/ loss, which I don’t want to show. Hiding things is an option but I wondered if there was an easier way.

Hello all I need to show proof of total assets for an application. Is there a document I can print from Rakuten Securities which only shows the total value of the account? Just a simple PDF with the value of all assets (no breakdown, etc). I looked inside the 取引報告書等（電子書面）and found the 取引残高報告書 ...thi...

Thanks, that's good to know.

Anyone know when the "Your UK National Insurance record" page is updated?
I paid the "2023 to 2024" months ago is still just shows "Your record for this year is not available yet". Would be nice to not have to call up to check.

Cheers!

Thanks for your reply.
That’s what I assumed, but half of my qualifying years of UK based employment were while I was a full time student working PT.

Hi all Does part-time work count towards "ordinary employment"? I have already qualified for (and paid) class 2 for a number of years I have worked full time in Japan. Now I am wondering if I am eligible to pay for the years I was a full time uni student in Japan and working part-time. Sin...

By "pay online" you mean by credit card? I haven't seen this option, but I was able to make voluntary contributions via UK bank transfer for a hodgepodge collection of years of varying amounts. This is also how I intend to pay going forward.

Yes, that sounds like a likely explanation.
The tricks of the trade!

Haha,I feel like a right plonker. Well, crisis averted