RetireJapan

Is anyone still using Rakuten cash? I can't seem to find anything that specifies any kind of point bonus on the securities site anymore, so I'm considering switching back to just rakuten card monthly tsumitate nisa purchases and removing the rakuten cash "keep" I have set up (I only do 50,...

When I first came to Japan, I remember being hustled around by my company at the time to sign up for a bank account, health insurance and pension. I spoke almost no Japanese so relied on staff to help me fill in the forms. I ended up with an incorrect (and incomplete) katakana hanko and a blue pensi...

For anyone who digs this up later and is in a similar situation, I found MS&AD (https://www.ms-ins.com/personal/travel/kairyo/) and "OFF!" (https://www.sompojapan.i-hoken.jp/off/) both offer travel insurance for multiple destinations and more than 31 days (both upto 90 days). MS&AD...

Just to piggyback onto this thread this because I'm also looking for travel insurance: I'm going to two locations for 40 days in total. It seems Tabiho doesn't let you choose a holiday for more than 31 days. Other insurerers I've checked don't allow multiple locations. Anyone know of any travel insu...

Public health insurance can also cover the cost of medical treatment abroad: https://www.city.tachikawa.lg.jp/hokennenkin/faq/kurashi/hoken/006.html Very interesting. I tried searching for some more information on this. My city has it on their website in Japanese too. I also found it on the English...

I'm looking into this now. My credit card seems to only cover emergencies, which are already (mostly) free in the UK. Has anyone used medical insurance to cover basic GP visits and treatment while in the UK? Planning to go back for a month this summer. I don't think I'm eligible anymore and neither ...

I am still looking for your suggestions as I do not like the box-like shape of Voxy or Serena or Alphard. Today I actually checked a Honda Vezel hybrid. I was really surprised to learn that it is 17mm shorter (!) than my Prius, and runs with a 1500 CC engine. I am not tall, but even Prius feels und...

Take it slow, allow for plenty of time spread over several visits to their shops to work through all the options and find out what's best for you (all those "What if?" questions need answering), and you should arrive at the right policy (or policies). Absolutely. I don't want to get analy...

We ended up going for a pre-built home built by Pansonic I’m interested in Panasonic homes. Did you get the high tech air conditioners that can control humidity and air purification at the same time. If so, Can you tell the difference in the comfort level and are they noisy? Also, any other notewor...

For me I had an upper limit on how much I was personally comfortable paying in mortgage repayments every month. We paid enough to get it below that level with a little bit of wiggle room in case interest rates go up in the near future (it seems they will). I had money sat in a British current accoun...