RetireJapan

Sounds like a plan. This needs lot of effort on parents part to maintain kids's keep J proficiency. Apparently there are J Gov sponsored schools in Japan for returnees (Kikokushijyou). When I lived In Japan, our challenge was how to teach them English and now our challenges is how to keep up their J...

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Some google results , which seem to say that green card holders may be able to get in state tuition (depending on the state, something to check on for the state where you live), along with some other benefits. This is correct as long as I live in US. I am thinking to go back to Japan while my kids ...

- as far as I know, there are no such schools offered in Northeast. There are 100 percent Japanese schools ( no English education) but Looks like there's one in New York and one in New Jersey. You've got two out of four! Here's the website (in Japanese). https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/shotou/clarine...

- Yes , the Asian angle is not an advantage but given than very few Japanese students are not applying , do they get any advantage compared to other Asians? I see a similar challenges applying from US as I live in NJ/NY where there is huge population of high achievers Asians applying to colleges. A...

- The kids can have dual nationality till 20 and they can decide which one they want to keep ? Absolutely not. The rules for children born with two more more nationalities, and children who acquire a second nationality post-birth are completely different. If your children acquire US citizenship the...

- Does Japanese students ( as Japanese citizens) applying for US universities have better chances of getting into good colleges as not many Japanese are going abroad and this is kind of advantage for students who want to go to US universities ? Short answer is "no." If your kids are not U...

I'm not sure about the questions and I am not American but this stood out: My kids and spouse hold Japanese citizenship ... I will be eligible to apply for US citizenship soon and my kids will get US citizenship if I naturalize. If your kids get US citizenship, they will automatically lose their Ja...

Hello, Looking for any advice/pitfalls/recommendations (Japan/US Tax Planners) as we plan our transition to Japan for retirement. Current Green Card holder (Canadian Citizenship) but will apply for US Citizenship this year. Wife is Green Card holder (Japan Citizenship, been outside of Japan for ove...

First of all, thanks to Ben and this growing community for this forum. I have Japanese PR and I am a green card holder currently living in US. My kids and spouse hold Japanese citizenship and have green cards. My kids are young ( elementary and middle school) and never went to Japanese school so loc...