RetireJapan

... The seller was kind enough to bring it to our door at no extra cost. Really? Did Mercari allow you to write your address? I found that Mercari would zap or disallow any message that mentioned an address (otherwise trades could be done without Mercari taking a cut). Maybe they allow address AFTE...

Japan's recent economic recession and drop to fourth in the global ranking motivated me to explore investing a small percentage (10%) in developing countries. After researching, I've decided on India due to its growing economy and surpassing China's population at 1.42B. Do any of you invest in Indi...

I dislike the Mercari culture of having to ask permission to buy something. Like, it's right there. Let me buy it. But sellers will cancel and say you're a dick if you don't ask permission sometimes. Their push for everything to basically be free shipping is great however. :o Huh!? I just straight ...

Still running a Mom and Pop eikaiwa from home since '95 with the missus.The house loan will be done in 10 years (will be 65 then),so only then can kinda slow down,all being well. Retirement? What's that? In Japan, many self-employed work till they kick the bucket or ill-health forces otherwise.

I read the article and it wasn't really planting the flag in anything that those who've lived here long enough don't already know or have experienced.It felt like a sayonara whinge about the state of the country.But going back to the U.K. would hardly give me that much more optimism than living here...

I saw the article headline yesterday, but didn't bother reading it.But after reading the contrasting comments up on here,I'll give it a read tomorrow.At just after 1am,gonna hit the sack.

I liked a good few of those "reducing." Spending,weight,stress and garbage online time.Of course RJ isn't wasting or garbage! But you know that. Good luck with what you hope to do with this site.It's very educational and possibilities abound moving forward. One thing for me is reducing my ...

Reading you guys with two and three kids,makes me wonder why I'm whingeing about just the one.The high school she's aiming for is a five year one,so the wife and I are like "please,please, please get in." Not to her though.But the reduction in school costs would go down well.

Hi, The ol' lady's been on my case to find some investments for our future savings and I've been reading up on iDeCo on RJ the past two days like mad.It seems many are doing the ｅＭＡＸＩＳ Ｓｌｉｍ 全世界株式（オール・カントリー). I want to do a 'set and forget' if that allows. But trying to understand the benefits of th...

Hi, The ol' lady's been on my case to find some investments for our future savings and I've been reading up on iDeCo on RJ the past two days like mad.It seems many are doing the ｅＭＡＸＩＳ Ｓｌｉｍ 全世界株式（オール・カントリー). I want to do a 'set and forget' if that allows. But trying to understand the benefits of thi...