RetireJapan

I have been living in Japan for 25 years and am returning to Australia next February. At this point I have about 10 years of contributions to the national pension system (kokumin nenkin) from when I was a part-timer, and about 8 to private Japanese university pension plans when I was working for the...

Also,I forgot to mention, I am contributing to iDeCo via Monex.

Hello, I currently work part-time at various universities. Up to now I have been paying kokumin nenkin and also the maximum allowable for iDeCo. However, from September I will be joining the Private School Mutual Aid System 私学共済制度. I understand I will be able to make much lower iDeCo contributions. ...

Actually, I only use cash when I really have to. For example, all my local doctors will only take cash, so for those few transactions Money Tree is enough because you can enter cash transactions by yourself if you have to. For now I will continue with Money Tree and an excel spreadsheet for budgetin...

Gnucash looks great. Thanks for the tip!

Thank you for your reply. It is good to be warned in advance.

Thanks for all the input. I'll do a bit more research for sure before I commit to anything.

I've been using Money Tree as an expense tracking app for a while now and I've been pretty satisfied with it. It has an English interface and it connects to all my Japanese bank accounts etc. I can also input work expenses and it reminds me when my credit cards are going to be paid. The problem is t...

I would definitely get the loan in yen, because that’s what we are earning. Those FX fluctuations are too risky.

Thanks, mighty58, knowing the correct terminology is a big help.