RetireJapan

sounds good. many thanks

thanks, can you recommend some Japanese and/or interactive brokers or should it all be done thru my bank?

Thank you for your response. This is a great forum/site and I expect to be using it a lot in the future.
I read the Hallam book. it was very good. He raves about Vanguard. Are non-US citizens in Japan able to open one of those accounts?
thanks

Greetings, I'm a 57 year old company employee from Canada. Been working in Tokyo constantly for 25 years. Feel like I'd like to slow down maybe semi-retire. Do you think I need both an iDeCo and NISA?