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by Herbert
Tue Aug 27, 2019 1:27 am
Forum: Stock market investing
Topic: Looking for Investment Fund Management Company suggestions
Replies: 11
Views: 4703

Looking for Investment Fund Management Company suggestions

Does anyone know of any well established investment fund management companies in Japan, who provide service in English and have the option of ethical investment?

And if there aren’t any that meet both those requirements, then any that meet either of those requirements?
by Herbert
Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:01 am
Forum: Banking
Topic: Education Trust
Replies: 4
Views: 1120

Re: Education Trust

Thanks for your reply. In Japanese it's called 教育資金贈与信託. It was initiated by the government in 2013 and its application deadline is March 2019. Some websites seem to say it is being extended by two years but my local tax office told me its not. I am going to be looking into the Junior Nisa options t...
by Herbert
Mon Jan 21, 2019 1:14 am
Forum: Banking
Topic: Education Trust
Replies: 4
Views: 1120

Re: Education Trust

Thanks for your reply. In Japanese it is called 教育資金贈与信託. Here is a link about it in Japanese from the Japanese Association of Trust Companies website: https://www.shintaku-kyokai.or.jp/special/how/education.html Here is the link with a simple English explanation from the same website: https://www.s...
by Herbert
Sun Jan 20, 2019 2:12 pm
Forum: Banking
Topic: Education Trust
Replies: 4
Views: 1120

Education Trust

Have any foreigners had success setting up an education trust for a child in Japan with the donor Grandparent and the funds coming from abroad? So far the trust banks I have contacted have refused us because of the foreign donor/foreign money aspect. It feels wrong that long-term resident foreigners...