RetireJapan

I got the account closure notice via the online banking inbox.
I was lucky, the letters had been sitting there for maybe 2 months before I had noticed it. They sent one for the bank account and another for Barclaycard.

Can't remember what the process was for Rakuten, but I just opened a SBI account. Basically filled in the online stuff to request the paper forms, filled those out, I wasn't requesting NISA so got my login details around a week later. Logged in for the first time just now to get set up only to find ...

Yeah I wasted close to a year. The first round was around 9 months only to find I had accidentally ticked on class 3. My second attempt was much quicker, around 3 months - I had to reapply, they couldn't change it over the phone. Apparently in the new online application, you don't get to specify cla...

You can actually apply online now. My brother just did it and got a reply within a month.

Is it possible to buy Bitcoin ETFs through Rakuten Securities ? I can't seem to find any... Tho I don't even dabble in it, access to those ETFs, along with COIN, MARA, RIOT, MSTR..., are one advantage for US investors. It's only the ETFs that we can't get here right? I can see those stocks are avai...

If you are tax resident in Japan, how does investing off-shore help you avoid taxes? I invested in an off-shore plan once, but you still have to pay tax in Japan on your gains at Japanese rates, don't you? Or is there something I'm missing (probably!)? Maybe move to somewhere like HK or SG before c...

I'm late to this thread, but is there a spreadsheet template that anyone recommends? Excel and Google sheets spreadsheets can can automatically update share prices and recalculate, but is this possible for Japanese stocks and mutual funds? And maybe I'm old fashioned or a Luddite, but I'd prefer to...

Congratulations!
One of the seasonal jobs I wouldn't mind doing when I am retired - ski lift ojisan, the ones that stand at the ski lifts with a broom to brush off the snow and usher people onto the lifts .

Hi, yes, pretty much, when using MID/TTM it is always +3 or +4 and when using the TTS figure it is +2 or +3.
Will start saving all this info into a spreadsheet.

Thanks

You have to pay Capital Gains Tax on the Capital Gain. You have to calculate the Tax Basis: The total amount of money you paid in in Yen, so if the payment was a regular JPY amount, the sum the payments. If the payment was a regular GBP amount or other currency, you have to work out each payment am...