RetireJapan

If I leave Japan for work for a year or longer deregister my domicile (to avoid being taxed in Japan) but maintain my eijuken is there a way to keep my credit cards and bank accounts? I plan on returning at some point but have to move for a job.I don't want to lose my credit cards because it may be ...

I was wondering if PMAC is cheaper and/or better than Kokumin Nenkin and if it is cheaper, by how much. I guess it depends on many factors but generally what is true?

wow, thanks very much. I won't be able to apply at Hello Work because I won't be in Japan. Thanks again.

Thank you for the information!!!

Am I able to receive the unemployment payment when leaving a job? I will not have a job in Japan but will be employed elsewhere.

I am now on my employer's (a university) medical insurance. I use the yellow card when I go to the doctor. I am leaving Japan and won't be employed at the university. However I have an eijuken and will be back in a year or two. Will I have trouble joining the kokumin hoken plan?How will they calcula...

Actually I am OLD. That is why I have to leave. I did have a permanent contract and tenure at the university but at 65 that disappears. Now I am going back to the US to take a job there. I would prefer to stay in Japan but it isn't an option financially.

Actually I am OLD. That is why I have to leave. I did have a permanent contract and tenure at the university but at 65 that disappears. Now I am going back to the US to take a job there. I would prefer to stay in Japan but it isn't an option financially.

Hello. I have a contract with a university. It is a year by year contract. I signed it at the begining of the term (in February approximately). I now want to end the contract. They need me to submit a letter of resignation. I don't want to ruffle any feathers. The school has been kind to me for near...

I am a US citizen with permanent visa (eijuken) and Japanese wife. If I move back to the US for a few years and abandon the apartment I live in but keep a apartment I have but is being rented out and has been for more than 10 years and my wife keeps an apartment that she owns but is vacant (or I sho...

You should get an Accountant to help you with the accounting for your rented property, as it is a little complicated, and the documentation requirements are a little stringent. If the rental property is in Japan, and you elect to take the Depreciation Expense, then that too can be a little complica...