RetireJapan

Hello again. Thank you everybody for your replies. 4 months later I still haven't been able to start using my NISA account... 1) I opened a Rakuten bank and Rakuten securities account with NAME SURNAME1 SURNAME2 (the same as in the residence card). 2) I called Rakuten navi to change my name from NAM...

I see! Thank you for your reply! :) Just a couple more things: 1. If I try to open the Rakuten Securities account with NAME SURNAME1 won't they allow that? You said it has to be my official name but.. I am using it for my hokensho, nenkintechou, ideco... I mean, it's my official name, but incomplete...

Hi all, thank you for all the useful information you have published in this forum. I would like to open a Rakuten Securities account to start my NISA. I already have a Rakuten card, so I in the future I would like to use my card to make payments into my NISA. However, I have read that to do this, th...