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- Sat May 11, 2024 3:40 am
- Forum: Insurance
- Topic: Home (and earthquake) insurance
- Replies: 2
- Views: 29
Re: Home (and earthquake) insurance
Hello everyone, I'm reaching out to inquire about your experiences with home insurance. Currently, I'm renting a place that I discovered years ago through イエブル. As part of my rental agreement, there's a mandatory insurance policy covering fire, water damage, and related issues. From what I gather, ...
- Sat May 11, 2024 3:30 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 298
Re: Newbie Question
If you want a high level of income in retirement, then you have to: 1) Save 2) Protect Yourself and Your Family with Insurance(s) 3) Invest 4) Maximize Tax Advantaged Vehicles such as: a) iDeCo b) NISA c) Real Estate d) Blue Return Entities such as Sole Proprietorship Businesses or LLCs, etc.. e) Fu...
- Sat May 11, 2024 3:07 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 298
Re: Newbie Question
Thank you all for this: the total from the pension is a whole lotta nothing. about under 300 USD a month....it's not nothing, but in the larger scheme of retirement, it's basically nothing. Although I would love to finish my teaching career in Japan, it's probably better to stay in the GCC, salarie...
- Sat May 11, 2024 2:41 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 298
Re: Newbie Question
Hi everyone. This is the formula for Japan pension I saw at https://www.nenkin.go.jp/international/japanese-system/nationalpension/nationalpension.html Yen816,000* x ( (1) + (2) + (3) + (4) + (5) ) / 40 years ** × 12 months If this is the correct formula, then someone who has worked ten years would...
- Sat May 11, 2024 2:22 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 298
Re: Newbie Question
This is intriguing, because the national pension that I was calculating for 480 months was quite high.....it sounds like voluntary contributions is similar to an annuity...pay a large sum to get a fixed income later. Is it possible to contribute x amount so that the pension payout would be close to...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 298
Re: Newbie Question
bYea, so to calculate the annuity (what you get in retirement) for both national pension and employee separately and then add them together. Because every month you pay employee pension you’re paying national pension at the same So in their case if they only ever contributed 120 months to employee ...
- Fri May 10, 2024 9:07 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 298
Re: Newbie Question
https://www.nenkin.go.jp/international/japanese-system/nationalpension/nationalpension.html This page refers to the Basic Japanese Pension if you are not employed, student, self-employed, etc.. If you are employed, you are covered by the National Employees' Pension Insurance - Kousei Nenkin https:/...
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:54 am
- Forum: Pension
- Topic: Newbie Question
- Replies: 19
- Views: 298
Re: Newbie Question
https://www.nenkin.go.jp/international/japanese-system/nationalpension/nationalpension.html This page refers to the Basic Japanese Pension if you are not employed, student, self-employed, etc.. If you are employed, you are covered by the National Employees' Pension Insurance - Kousei Nenkin https://...
- Fri May 10, 2024 7:47 am
- Forum: Taxes
- Topic: Summary of taxation rights under Japan's tax treaties
- Replies: 2
- Views: 106
Re: Summary of taxation rights under Japan's tax treaties
Since some US/Japan treaty articles were being discussed here ( separate thread ), it's interesting that this just came up--newly added to the (reddit) JapanFinance wiki. Nicely done in table form: Summary of taxation rights under Japan's tax treaties And, the thread announcing this. Nice job by St...
- Wed May 08, 2024 9:20 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Best Credit Card for a Student
- Replies: 5
- Views: 259
Re: Best Credit Card for a Student
How old?
Does said student have a NISA or iDeCo?
Rakuten Card, NISA, etc... ???
If not yet 18, then a Family Card...
Does said student have a NISA or iDeCo?
Rakuten Card, NISA, etc... ???
If not yet 18, then a Family Card...