RetireJapan

Just wondering if anyone has any updates on this??

Another thing to consider as well is that this is "life insurance", and from the looks of it, this is whole life insurance. I may be wrong, but I would assume that the payout will be well above 7M or 9M JPY if something tragic was to happen. You may want to think how much this would be nee...

On the 80th post, I'm surprised that I'm the first one to write that I'm a recruiter (or as I like to refer to it, a Talent Acquisition Specialist). Started off on the agency side and moved internal about 10 years ago. Have been working for US based companies and enjoying the work. Proficiency in J...

On the 80th post, I'm surprised that I'm the first one to write that I'm a recruiter (or as I like to refer to it, a Talent Acquisition Specialist). Started off on the agency side and moved internal about 10 years ago. Have been working for US based companies and enjoying the work. Proficiency in Ja...

[/quote] Completely agree, but it is likely those costs would not have been quite so high if you were paying them yourself. Repair shops and people in general tend to overcharge insurance companies in these situations. I had a minor accident once where I ran into the car in front very slowly in stop...

In my case, the car had come to a complete stop (seeing me), but I didn't see it until it was too late. Had the car been in motion, the blame would have been theirs or shared.

Bike insurance is a must even if you don't ride all that much. There are many cheap plans out there too. At the start of January, I signed up for insurance via PayPay. 140 JPY/month. 3 weeks later, I hit a car on the road HARD. It was my fault at the end of the day and nothing was provided to me to ...