RetireJapan

If you have been here for ten of the last fifteen years, you need to leave Japan for five full years to release yourself from this tax liabiliity.

Sorry for the dumb question but which tax liability are you referring to? IHT or CGT or both?

One note is that the wiki here talks about inheritance--excellent to have as a reference point. (and that's the main page, inheritance tax is in the second block on the left) Yes, that wiki article is nicely written and explains IHT clearly. I have no qualms with IHT in Japan, and agree that it is ...

JGC is very valuable to me for (in order of usefulness): -business class check in (with JAL and One World carriers): this is priceless -lounge access (with JAL and One World): this is nice -extra luggage (with JAL and One World): has never come up -priority boarding (with JAL and One World): meh In...

I am very thankful for this thread. I had no idea about JAL lifetime points so I checked and apparently I qualified for JMB Elite which gives 6 Sakura Lounge visits a year. Nice since I only kept my JAL Gold card for the insurance benefits and cause I am too lazy to cancel it. Doubt I will ever accu...

Probably you failed to provide proof of residency. Rakuten is super spammy and sends so many emails that it can be easy to miss the actual important ones - especially when they are in Japanese. If you are locked out of your Rakuten account then I would go into your email history and try to search fo...

GREETINGS FELLOW HUMAN FORUM PARTICIPANTS! I WOULD ALSO AFFIRM THAT I AM TOTALLY NOT A BOT. BUT PLEASE DO NOT IMPLEMENT CAPTCHAS ON THIS SITE AS WE HUMANS DON'T LIKE THEM.

Thank you both. Quick question. Can I infer from this ↓ I would start with Bizreach, Daijob ...that these kinds of sites (databases?) and agencies are legit? They're not scams, right? (Sorry for the basic questions. This is how out of date I am.) They are definitely not scams but obviously use with...

Not an expert in this but I am tangentially involved in hiring processes for my company. I would start with Bizreach, Daijob and, of course LinkedIn. In any event, you want to be sure your LinkedIn profile is polished, up to date and contains key search words in both English and Japanese so your pro...

Rakuten is insane if they think a petition signed by their users will change the government's mind on this. Everybody knows if you want to change government policy the best way is to buy influence via the Unification Church and/or arrange drinking parties with strippers for LDP bigwigs.

captainspoke wrote: ↑Sun Jun 30, 2024 4:33 am I guess this cool, dry, sunny Sunday weather is keeping everyone outside, away from their devices...

LOL "cool dry sunny weather". Anyway, can't complain as it has been truly a wonderful long spell of great weather where I live and the farmers need the rain.