RetireJapan

No, but I would like to! I clearly don't qualify to pay Class 2 under the posted rules, as I never worked in the UK but came here straight from uni...

My answer is pretty tough, but the only recommendation i can give if you are under the age of 50 is learn to trade against the indexes on cfds or future contracts. It will take a few years to learn your edge, but with Micro contracts and online firms you can seriously decrease the risk. When you ta...

Found this explanation helpful: https://youtu.be/hVXGBB8b-v0?si=-1A-RJtcrFqWW-Gg

Just checked for Miyagi and this will not make all that much difference after all. Phew.

Eeeek. This would... mess up my plans somewhat

Don't sell it, the Japanese tax office will really go after you especially if you have been reporting it in your yearly tax return with depreciation. Although you probably will be able to subtract the capital gains tax you paid in the UK from anything owed in capital gains in Japan. I'm not plannin...

Looks like UK state pension is not taxed in the UK for non-residents.

So Japanese income taxes. I'm guessing it would qualify for the nenkin deduction.

Thanks to both of you for taking the time to reply in detail. I'm really in two minds about it, and my wife - who is usually more risk-averse than me - doesn't think we need it. It might be better to spend that 20,000 yen on accident prevention, such as better lighting in the carpark, or replacing ...

After a delay I am now receiving payments from Singapore to my SHINSEI BANK account. Many thanks for the advice here on this Forum. I then tried to transfer some funds from my SHINSEI BANK account to my WISE account. However, during the online process the WISE bank is not an option even though I se...

Unfortunately, when I tried to link the "Wise(US) Checking Account" to my Firstrade account so that it would allow ACH transfers to and from Wise's virtual account, the Firstrade site just would not allow the link, returning a "Profile setup for this bank is not supported" error...