RetireJapan

Thanks for the advice so far. The Ideco in my wifes name may be a good option as we are still paying her pension. However I'm looking for something like a term deposit or bonds with a set length/return I think. I'm probably going to want to buy a family house when we return to Japan in 2-3 years so ...

First post on here in ages and it's a big question that I assume is a little unusual. I was all about to start setting up a retirement nest egg in Japan and the pandemic hit and destroyed everything. My work stopped (I used to play piano in hotels) so I had to get back into teaching. As the bills mo...

Unfortunately, it's unlikely that many of us here share the experience of being an active company owner working outside of Japan as a full-time employee while periodically returning to the country -- on the employer's dime -- to pick up some side income. Intuition says that defining the extent of t...

Well my work is a little different to many people so I'll give the details and see if that helps. I'm happy to pay a professional to help sort things out, but not sure where to look for that - any advice on that would be great too. I've had various jobs in Japan, but since 2013 I have had my own com...

Thanks for the advice guys and I'm very happy to hear that it looks like I can keep the pension payments as is. I will be back in 2 year so if I can continue making payments (or at least leave the account ready to start when I get back) that would be the best. A little bit more information - my wife...

I have been living in Japan for about 15 years but only started paying in to the Japanese pension system a few years ago - actually back paid a couple of years towards the end of 2019 just before Corona hit. I have set up a pension fund in my home country, but started paying into the pension as it w...