RetireJapan

I have had chronic back pain for just over a year and was just at the hospital just now I have been prescribed cymbalta/duloxetine and it has been a great help. I started using it last July and stopped in early December. For the last few months I’ve be fine but a month ago the pain came back and I’m...

I’m thinking of increasing stock. Sumitomo pays around 5% which looks good these days.

How id love to have a stepped bond at the rates of not so long ago.

They are both in Japan.

Both were cheap and while I won’t make money from selling them I doubt I’ll lose much either.

Thanks. I think I want to be earning something from my money without risking it too much. I feel I’d be happy with steady dividends and rent without chasing growth. Although I’m quite diversified it is down to chance really and not sure if the balance is correct. If I had another 50000 GBP still sit...

Bare with me as my finances have been put together with no planning whatsoever. At present I have and in no particular order 1. A nisa with Japanese stock 2. A rupee based bond 3. Two rental properties where I net just over 5万 a month 4. A nisa reit (officially in my wife’s name) 5. A crappy savings...

It was a savings plan (I’ve seen them called managed or pension plans) where I saved a monthly amount for 20 years. The matured money went into my UK bank account but no tax has been paid in the UK.

I have a managed fund that recently matured and made about 8,000,000 yen in profit. Can you tell me how this should be taxed in Japan? My accountant says that it is income and should be added to my other income resulting in a very large juminzei and kenko hoken bill. I think it should be treated as ...

Sorry. I should have posted the article I had read.

Will do next time.

It seems that the plans to scrap the class 2 NIC have been abandoned.

Seems to be a backlash against politicians not keeping their tax cut promises but personally I’m over the moon.