RetireJapan

If you’re happy with online lessons, I would recommend Italki. There are many very experienced Japanese tutors on there offering one-on-one lessons at very reasonable rates that should, I would think, be able to provide personalised lessons to suit your level and timetable.

Your situation is very similar to the position my Japanese spouse and I were in earlier this year having lived in Europe for over 30 years: retiring, selling our house and applying for a spouse visa with only cash / assets in my home country and no salary /recent financial history in Japan. As my in...

Thank you Tkydon, very helpful!

Thank you for your responses. :D There is clearly a lot of information to take in. I have another capital gains tax query in relation to stocks and shares isas and our private pension pots. In the UK we don't have to pay capital gains tax on these products. We are thinking we will probably cash in t...

My husband (Japanese national and UK permanent resident) and I (UK national) are considering moving/retiring to Japan next year. I hope to obtain a 3-year spousal visa to live in Japan before leaving the UK. We have lived in the UK for almost 30 years and own our house and run a small business here....