The Monday Read

[abeltoy]

Hello,

I was wondering if there were any open submissions for candidate articles to appear in the monday read, and couldn't find anything, so I thought I could make a thread on the forums so we could share some articles we find that are related to the kind of articles that go up there, and if you like them maybe they could be included next Monday.

Of course, if this sort of thing isn't allowed or if there's already a place to send submissions, do let me know!

[RetireJapan]

This is a great idea and I would welcome any suggestions

Thanks!

[abeltoy]

To kick start things off, I was reading this article about domain name feuds and monetizing social media and how it all ended up in a shootout (https://onezero.medium.com/the-influenc ... 3905efd3c3), which is quite wild but nonetheless an interesting read, and may be of interest (mostly as entertainment) and somewhat related?

It's probably not the best article to start this thread with, but there's been plenty of more entertaining and interesting articles linked before, and it is somewhat connected to the world of making an extra income, though this one ends up badly (unnecessarily so!).

[Roger101]

what about something along the lines of ....

various places/cities in Japan and cost of housing/accommodation in these areas,
... obviously focusing on the cheaper side (within reason)

[RetireJapan]

what about something along the lines of ....

various places/cities in Japan and cost of housing/accommodation in these areas,
... obviously focusing on the cheaper side (within reason)

The Monday Read doesn't have original content, it just includes links. If you have an article in mind, just post the link here

[captainspoke]

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-p ... 2019-12-10

[TokyoWart]

Interesting comparison of various international markets over 30 years. I don’t think this accounts for exchange rate changes and it isn’t clear how dividend reinvestment was considered
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/worlds ... 1990-2019/

[captainspoke]

Rentals as a bad investment: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/renta ... eid=yhoof2

And a lot of discussion of that in the comments here: https://finance.yahoo.com/m/de1d10eb-03 ... are-a.html

[captainspoke]

A pretty positive take, lots on Okinawa:

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/a ... rowing-old

[vapid]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50693777

Japanese children not going to school.