Guest Post: To Buy or Not to Buy
We have a treat for you today: a guest post from Jon detailing his thought process leading up to buying a home here in Japan. Here at RetireJapan we’ve always maintained that buying a home is essentially an emotional decision, and most people will probably choose the option that they think will make them and […]
Guest Post: Saku’s Random Book Club
Books and entrepreneurship? Pushing all my buttons. Another guest post for you today -what is this? Christmas already? I love books and reading, am interested in random business ideas and making money, and have been a fan of Patrick’s newsletter for a while. When I saw his new subscription service idea I thought it would […]
Guest Post: Trading Japanese Stocks
Not so Talked About Investment Options I Tried (Part Two) Today’s guest post is the second one from Leonard Loo, an entrepreneur and author based in Japan. He sent me an email a few weeks ago asking about whether he could sponsor a post on the site about his new book. As you know, RetireJapan […]
Guest Post: Social Lending
Not so Talked About Investment Options I Tried (Part One) Today’s guest post is from Leonard Loo, an entrepreneur and author based in Japan. He actually sent me an email a few weeks ago asking about whether he could sponsor a post on the site about his new book. As you know, RetireJapan does not […]
Guest Post: Hooray for Fuka Nenkin
It’s pretty good, I guess Today we have a guest post from RetireJapan reader and forum contributor kuma. It was actually a forum post, but it was so good that I asked if I could publish it on the blog. Kuma kindly agreed so here it is đŸ™‚ Some background reading First, some background reading: […]
Guest Post: Hoken Shavings into Savings
A sadly all-too-common story in Japan A great guest post for you today. I have paid far too much in insurance premiums during my time in Japan, as insurance is very much part of the culture here and to be honest, I just didn’t know any better. ​Read on for an in-depth look at one […]
Guest Post: Andrew Hallam
RetireJapan x Millionaire Teacher = Sweet As Just a quick post today to announce that I have written a guest post for Andrew Hallam’s blog. Andrew Hallam is the bestselling author of Millionaire Teacher and The Global Expatriate’s Guide to Investing. He’s a great guy who has done a lot to help people all over […]
Guest Post: northSaver’s Story part 5
This is a guest post (5 of 5) from a member of the retirejapan community. You can find northSaver on the forum. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the FoundationPart 3: The Principles of Early RetirementPart 4: How to Save for Early Retirement How to Invest for Early Retirement In the fourth article […]
Guest Post: northSaver’s Story part 4
This is a guest post (4 of 5) from a member of the retirejapan community. You can find northSaver on the forum. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the FoundationPart 3: The Principles of Early Retirement How to Save for Early Retirement In the third article I wrote about the principles of early […]
Guest Post: northSaver’s Story part 3
This is a guest post (3 of 5) from a member of the retirejapan community. You can find northSaver on the forum. Part 1: What is Early Retirement? Part 2: Laying the Foundation The Principles of Early Retirement In the second article I wrote about what we did to prepare for normal retirement, and in this […]