The Monday Read
Golden Week Edition! I presume no-one will read this, as you’re all on holiday and not wasting time at work 😉 I am planning to have an excellent Golden Week. I am going to stay home, sleep a lot, go to jiu-jitsu every day, take naps, play with the grandkids, and maybe write some stuff […]
The Monday Read
Pre-GW edition It’s been a good month for RetireJapan. We wrote a guest article for the AllAboutJapan site (a quick guide to investing in Japan) and hopefully we’ll have another cool announcement next week 🙂 Here are this week’s links: Don’t know if ‘opt’ is the correct word here: Retiring late: More Japanese opt to […]
The Monday Read
The snow is gone now thankfully We had our final snowfall this week. Snow under the cherry trees. Thankfully it didn’t last long 🙂 We’re more than a quarter through 2019. How is your year going? Are you making progress towards your financial goals? Do you have financial goals? I’m feeling very mid-life crisis-y at […]
The Monday Read
Back to school edition Well, my granddaughter goes back to school tomorrow, and my uni classes start up again too. Kind of bittersweet: looking forward to the new academic year but a little sad to be busy again 🙂 Here are this week’s links If you are feeling weak, worthless, weary, you may need help: […]
The Monday Read
New Era starts tomorrow Ooof, can’t believe it is April already. Wonder what the new Era will be called? Guess we will find out very soon 🙂 Here are this week’s links: Not often: How Often Is It a Stock-Picker’s Market? Online application? Great. Can only be done through an agent or company? Not great. […]
The Monday Read
Hot? Cold? Warm? What’s going on with the weather? Still busy, still a bare-bones Monday Read. Enjoy! It’s all in your mind: there is no speed limit. Sounds promising: Is Mark Zoril the World’s Most Famous Financial Advisor? This is a great list: 16 things I know are true but haven’t quite learned yet Saw […]
The Monday Read
My life remains interesting, so just the bare bones today (although we have 30 links for you -not too shabby!). Here are this week’s links Really interesting article about illegal drugs and Japan: Japan, the place with the strangest drug debate in the world This seems like a promising approach: The People Who Eat the […]
The Monday Read
Flying back from London soon, so just the links today: I think it’s a good idea for most people to get PR: Getting Japanese Permanent Residency This is a nice resource for people living in Japan: How to Build a Nest Egg in Japan Japan seems to have better numbers than other developed countries: ‘No […]
The Monday Read
This week, the only read The sharper eyed among our readers may have noticed that there was no blog post this week. Unfortunately, my life remains ‘interesting’ this year, in the Chinese curse sense of the word. However, the forum has been pretty lively recently, and I’ve received a few messages with blog ideas so […]
The Monday Read
Situation normal, still busy How is your February going? Mine remains… eventful. Still, at least we have a few more links this week than we did last week 🙂 Here are this week’s links: Not bad! What do you think? Anything good in there?