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Thanks very much that is great information!

Thanks for the reply! Is there a way to find out what holdings in the uk savings / gifted money / bonds are taxable from a japanese tax stand point?

I am in the process of moving some savings money / premium bonds from the uk to Japan taking advantage of the favorable exchange rate. Is there any limit on how much I can transfer into Japan (from the uk if it makes any difference?) before I need to declare it as income for my tax return? Thank you!

I had a fairly frustrating experience with NS and I, I had an old bond number I wanted to trace any wins on as it was registered to an old address and a 2nd holders number I wanted to combine it with and a couple of other things, I sent I think 2 letters with all my information and got sent several ...

Thank you both very much for clarifying!

I have been married to a Japanese national and on a spouse visa for over 10 years but just never gotten around to going for permanent residency and wanted to check a criteria >Resided in Japan for 1 year or more >Been married for 3 years or more I meet these two requirements >Currently possess a 'pe...

Thank you very much, thats exactly what I was lookin for!

I want to set up a regular monthly transfer from my Mizuho account which my salary is paid into on the 28th of each month, into my post office account. This is just to kind of automate my savings / finances. I can find a method to do a one off transfer / manually transfer the money on Mizuho's inter...

Thanks! Thats kind of what I figured but I appreciate the confirmation.

Sorry if this is a super basic question, I have about 1.5 million yen I am moving from my post office cash emergency fund (probably a bit too big I know) into my Rakuten NISA account at the start of next year. I will be paying regular month payments of about 30,000 yen into Tsumitate into the new 20...