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Alright, last post for the moment, but here is handy list of tax and subsidy information for new, remodel, or energy improvement.
https://www.sumai-fun.com/money/

This seems more general, but it is a subsidy portal website that you can search by location.
https://hojyokin-portal.jp/subsidies/li ... &keywords=

Another subsidy I came across are the green points offered by MLIT https://greenpt.mlit.go.jp/new-house/#high-performance--house If you build a high-performance home (ie ZEH) and are moving from Tokyo to another non-urban area, then you can potentially receive 1 million points. The rules are a bit f...

I found the solar water heater subsidy in my bookmarks.
https://www.sunjunior.co.jp/2021_thermal-2/

But I am hopeful others have more options.

For anyone interested, you can use this kanji to search 太陽熱温水器補助金

I would like to crowdsource some knowledge about home building and the possible subsidies for various parts of a home or even specific areas of the country. Below is what my wife and I learned during our discussions, but we would really love other people's feedback and insight. We are certain there ...

It does seem to be a newer trend, but here is an example from Aeon Bank (you can find similar at Hokkaido bank and others). https://www.aeonbank.co.jp/housing_loan/8disease/ While it increases your rate, it seems that a 0.3% rate increase even over a 35-year loan is a pretty nice deal in the case of...

Good to know. I will do some more searching on kakaku. Thanks.

Is the big 3 (heart attack, stroke, cancer) necessary if you have a home mortgage? My understanding is that most home insurance plans also include those as they pay out the mortgage in the event you get one of those.

I don't want to make a new thread, so I am using this one. I had similar questions as expat2011 and the replies from everyone was helpful. I started by looking at what company insurance was available (I have a contract with Rakuten) and they do have an employee term life insurance plan. https://www....

Are you a US citizen? If so, you can try to apply for the cards based in the US, the $0 annual fee one gets you 60,000 miles right now after spending $3000 in 3 months or something like that. Otherwise the Saison card and purchasing the miles. But at that point you might be better off just buying th...