RetireJapan

Hmm, why do you want to leave exactly half of the assets in the ganpon hosho? You may regret doing that one way or the other, regardless of the amount you choose. If there is a big stock market crash you will be sad for seeing half of your hard-earned corporate pension savings decimated. But on the ...

Tsumitate iDeCo, nice one.

The funds on that page with the highest fees are actively managed funds. Not all of them though. Some of the passive funds also have high fees.

Great to see Rakuten offers its target date funds in iDeCo.

If you plan to utilize the entire amount this year, you will still be able to invest more than 1.2 million yen outside of NISA through your securities account regularly, or hold off until January or later to utilize next year's NISA.

5) Any investment gains you make from investing in stocks, funds or ETFs through NISA will be tax free. There may be some brokerage charges when you want to "withdraw" your investment.
6) How much do you plan to invest this year? In what do you want to invest, stocks, funds or ETFs?

SBI has Asset Management One’s Tawara fund lineup

https://site0.sbisec.co.jp/marble/fund/ ... 2%ED%82%E7

Have you taken currency fluctuations into account?

Here is a list of Japan listed foreign equity ETFs

http://www.jpx.co.jp/english/equities/p ... 01-08.html

Another option would be to deposit money into your account by doing it by hand at an ATM of a convenience store. It should be possible to do it for free at a nearby 7-11 although I am not sure if you can do it at other convenience store chains.

Q1 - I would go for the funds without currency hedge. Q2 - agree with your Wonderwife. You would also need to consider how much exposure you want to allocate to global markets and to the Japanese market. Q3 - the most common step would be to open a regular investment account with a brokerage first a...