RetireJapan

Thanks! So with zero debt (which is my position) and a pretty healthy deposit and base annual salary I should be ok?

Interesting. I’m an expat (home market is Tokyo) currently overseas but likely returning to Japan. Have obviously been employed on Japan contract for the duration of the overseas assignment. My status is thus a bit complicated. But my question: what is the typical loan-to-salary ratio offered by Jap...

Interesting little thread. I recently organized this myself and was luckily deemed to be Class 2 (lower contributions). The process was pretty drawn out as HMRC (web and mail comms) and the gov.uk site is not particularly user friendly. Essentially it boiled down to two simple steps: 1. read and fil...