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Thanks! All again for the comments appreciate it, definitely some things to think about here

Thanks! All for the comments, appreciate it. I guess for public it very much depends on the location of the school and who enters the same year my daughter would enter. Also I heard from a friend who works at a public school that if there is an episode of bullying in the public school the parents ar...

Hi We are debating to send my daughter to Public or private Elementary Japanese school from next year. The private is not exactly cheap, seems on average from about 1 Million per year on average for the basic fee. Also prep training would be needed which costs about 45,000 Yen per month so that she ...

Thanks! Kuma for this detail, this really helps. The middle east does look appealing indeed Looking at the WIki I see "Chinese, Turkish, Indian, Sri Lankan and other airlines may continue to fly over Russian airspace[29] and may offer relatively cost-efficient options." I think I will skip...

Thanks! Everyone for your replies on this topic, appreciate it.

Hi All, Plan to fly with my wife and 5 year old to the Ireland in around Sept timeframe this year. It will be my first time flying international with my daughter. Last time I looked flights are pretty expensive.. Just wondering what others are doing to reduce costs? I guess I cannot go with the chea...

So our insurance company are still dealing with this individual; the "Claimer" To date about 600,000 Yen has been paid on his medical expenses. As of last week he has demanded a cash payout of 700,000 Yen, our insurance company has declined this, and he has now hired a lawyer... I guess we...

“ But one would expect the markets to recover”
It took in excess 15 years recover from the 1929 crash and the Nikkei took in excess 30 hope we do not see something like this

Just like the EarthQuakes here I like to see the occasional tremor so that the stress gets released and we do not get a big one. I would like to see this market drop a bit, rather that seeing it constantly climb higher and we pay later with a major drop... Timely video I saw today on this: https://w...

Enjoyed the interview with Martin from SmaryMoney, and for a while considered buying a BitCoin ETF, but I still cannot convince myself that is has any utility/value... THat said I can see its rising a lot these days.... One thing I would disagree with is that is offers diversification; from what I s...