RetireJapan

As I stated in a previous reply, I’m in a similar situation as the original poster. But mine is a full surrender. I went to the tax office last week to hopefully get some insight... however, my hopes were dashed, I left the office none the wiser. The young chap “helping” really didn’t seem to know ...

Dear god those fees are obscene. 2% in annual charges? And on top of that the second one takes out 3% off the top? From my experiences that is pretty much par for the course. From the Tokyo based advisors that I spoke with, their annual administration charge was 1.2% for the first 8 years. The pena...

Thank you RetireJapan for the welcome and thank you for putting this site together. With regards to the comments about 'tax benefits' , the following is part of a communication I had with one of the Tokyo based firms ; Our Japan-based clients are of different nationalities and unfortunately there is...

I have always taken a simple approach as an investor , focusing my energies on the things that I can control-such as saving, spending, costs, taxes and sound financial planning. Looking for ways to control the leakage from my investments caused by fees and taxation. I have in the past enlisted the h...