RetireJapan

Thank you goran. Do you have this cash balance element too, which is an amount on top of the DC contribution remains sat in cash? I think that is the DB component. I had this at my previous work, where I had no say about the investment asset for the DB side of things. And because they had this DB c...

So is there anyone here who has a corporate DC pension which allows them to invest more than 25,200 a month? Upto 55000. Monthly contribution of company of 0.55% of annual salary Employee can contribute the difference upto 55000. (for salaries of less than 10m JPY) For employees with over 10m JPY s...

I use MoneyTree to track spending. It connects to all my bank accounts and credit cards. The free version is fine for my needs. https://getmoneytree.com/jp/home MoneyForward has a similar service it seems. Anyone else? Have you created a video for this? Or do you plan to? May be Moneytree can spons...

This thread is really great! It gives me another perspective to look at where I am in a different angle, perhaps. Although still a long way from my goal, but combining my NISA and DC assets, I have reached 2 year's worth of my first Japan salary. My first Japan salary was quite low, but I started to...

.. Goran, did the OSAKA office test you on spot by making you hand write something? If not, do you have JLPT N1? I would like to know what happened during your first interview. R Sorry if my earlier post was not clear. I have not submitted my application yet. I went to verify the documents that I h...

Good luck! Let us know how it goes. If you would be willing to write a guest post or interview about your experience on the RJ blog after you finish I think a lot of people would be interested :D :lol: I was thinking about updating/adding to the RJ wiki for naturalization. But I could take a shot a...

Did you talk to your ward or city office?

We are expecting right now. And as preparation, we went to discuss child-care services at our ward office. They were quite helpful and explained in much detail.

I am preparing my application to submit in April this year. All documents from home country ready and content verified by the officer at Legal Affairs, MoJ today. 🤞 Good luck! Let us know how it goes. If you would be willing to write a guest post or interview about your experience on the RJ blog af...

I am preparing my application to submit in April this year.
All documents from home country ready and content verified by the officer at Legal Affairs, MoJ today.

one more reason to go for naturalization ?
Am I the only one thinking on this line?