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I'm considering buying a small home in a somewhat inaka area. This land is surrounded by private property, and one chunk of city-owned land. The property is set back from the nearby road and just has a narrow path which winds behind a house, then goes up some stairs to a higher section of land. The ...

Same type of question, but wondering about sending money from an account in Canada to an account in Japan. It seems a little complex with sub-accounts and whatnot. I don't even know what that means. I contacted one bank in Canada and they said they could only allow me to transfer $2500/day, and my o...

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Hi, I'm considering buying a small house which I would use for holidays, whenever else I can get there, and then possibly moving to later. I currently live and work in Tokyo and can't afford anything here, but would like a place to escape to. Anyway, just wondering what the basic costs would be like...

Thanks for the input. When I went in person, the (local for me) real estate agent told me right off the bat that he couldn't show me the house, and of course that's reasonable as it's on an isolated island, would take a full day of his time and 30,000 yen just to get there and back. Unfortunately, I...

I'm a long-time resident of Japan. I was looking at a cheap old house in an isolated rural area of Japan, and when I tried to contact a real estate agent, they didn't get back to me. I went to the office in person last weekend, and the agent told me he'd call me on Monday or Tuesday, but didn't call...

Thanks for the reply. I've only take the pension refund once, after my first two years in Japan. I had five more years in Japan after that, and then I came back to Japan for just one year once. I guess I'm wondering how to find out about those periods in Japan where I didn't ask for the refund. Rega...

Hello. I'm a Canadian. I live in Japan. When I was younger, in Canada, when I worked, my employers took out a Canada Pension Plan deduction from my monthly pay. I worked part-time before and throughtout university. I had a year of full-time work before university too. After that I moved to Japan and...

RetireJapan wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 5:34 am

Self wrote: ↑Sun Jul 14, 2019 4:40 am Do you know if it's possible to get a credit report in Japan?

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Thanks. Does this mean I have to open a new bank account? It's a "Visa" debit card, but not credit card? So, it gives a normal-length credit card type number that companies will accept as a credit card number? Yes, yes, and yes. You will have to open a Rakuten Bank account. It's very easy...