RetireJapan

Any thoughts on this?? Our company (株式会社) has built up a sizeable amount of money in the bank account. I am wondering if I should... A. Open an IB or some type of investment account under the company name and place the funds into an index / ETF fund here in Japan. or B. Figure out if I can pay mysel...

Thank you for the reply, I really appreciate it. Yes, I see. So in her case a Japan based account makes the most sense. Cheers!

Greetings, I'm a US citizen in Japan with both Charles Schwab and International Brokers Accounts. Mostly invested into a target date index fund, along with some low cost Vanguard ETF's. All this came at the advice of a financial planner for US expats. My wife (Japanese National) has a significant am...

Retire Japan, Thank you for the reply. I didn't know Kokumin nenkin was fixed rate, also that link you shared is insightful, great! Legal/social obligations aside, the analytical part of my mind still wants to know the probable yen to yen % return on 'investment' for each. But perhaps my question ma...

Hey folks, Any thoughts on which will have the best rate of return as an investment over the next decade+ ? (Expected retirement 10-12 years away) A. Kokumin Nenkin Currently not enrolled, will have to pay the two years back payments, and then % of income for the next decade to qualify for payout. B...