RetireJapan

Thanks everyone! It's entirely up to you, really :D I count cash savings, investments in NISA, iDeCo, and taxable. I don't count things (cars, clothes, furniture, etc.), my home, or nenkin/UK state pension contributions. Yeah this is kind of what I was figuring, I guess the only was to count it is t...

As im sure most of us have I spent a while working on organizing my personal finances over the last few years and have everything ticking over nicely. 10 million yen is a figure that has been mentioned on the site as a good first goal but I was wondering what everyone feels "counts" toward...

Welcome! You'll be pleased to know your iDeCo allowance will be going up to 20,000 yen later this year. Finally. Sorry to hijack the thread here but are IDECO limits changing for any other types of contributor? I am lucky to have a company DECO so im capped at 20,000 yen but would love to contribut...

Welcome! You'll be pleased to know your iDeCo allowance will be going up to 20,000 yen later this year. Finally. Sorry to hijack the thread here but are IDECO limits changing for any other types of contributor? I am lucky to have a company DECO so im capped at 20,000 yen but would love to contribut...

I think 1 year plus might not be unlikely, I put mine in in February and was told 1 year. A friend has been waiting 14 months, another got theirs in January after having applied just before christmas 2022 crazy though it may seem.

Thanks very much that is great information!

Thanks for the reply! Is there a way to find out what holdings in the uk savings / gifted money / bonds are taxable from a japanese tax stand point?

I am in the process of moving some savings money / premium bonds from the uk to Japan taking advantage of the favorable exchange rate. Is there any limit on how much I can transfer into Japan (from the uk if it makes any difference?) before I need to declare it as income for my tax return? Thank you!

I had a fairly frustrating experience with NS and I, I had an old bond number I wanted to trace any wins on as it was registered to an old address and a 2nd holders number I wanted to combine it with and a couple of other things, I sent I think 2 letters with all my information and got sent several ...

Thank you both very much for clarifying!