RetireJapan

--So I chose TDA after reading a few recommendations here on the forum. Also I was a little turned off by the high required balance to open with Interactive Brokers. I'm not sure if that's still the case. I didn't really investigate it. --I send money via WISE (for an obvious fee) to my US bank acc...

runmanTX, Thank you for replying! Hope you don't mind some questions :?: Was there any specific reason you chose Ameritrade over other options? Are you investing in YEN using Ameritrade? If so, how are you sending them the money? Can you just set a monthly amount to invest and kind of let it be, or ...

Hello, I am a US Citizen [39M] who has been living in Japan for almost 15 years now. My wife is Japanese and we have been trying to secure a little more for retirement but being an American it seems my options are severely limited. IDeCo, NISA, etc are out of the question. I am a part time employee ...

So my Rakuten Shoken iDeCo is listed as 外国株式 , which I believe is a mutual fund?

Can I change to a time deposit?

I am in Rakuten ideco.

I thought you can't back out of an ideco once you're in?

Hello, American here. I am trying to navigate this ideco and fbar stuff and was hoping to get some advice. I have been in ideco for a while now with a 12000 yen a month investment. My Japanese wife put me into it. I just recently found out about this FBAR thing which lead me to here and the whole PF...