RetireJapan

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Can't promise I'll write about it, but I will definitely take a look and have a good think about it

Hi markshinshu Thanks! As I understand it, power costs 30-odd yen in the daytime and the feed-in tariffs are only 30 yen (domestic) and 23 yen (commercial) so it makes sense to use your own power in the daytime and sell the excess then buy at night. Our new house faces due south and the roof will be...

Yeah, definitely planning to get a battery at some point. I'm expecting prices to come down a lot over the next 10-20 years :) The gamble is that currently feed-in tariff for <10kw is 30 yen for 10 years, then unknown after that (current market feed-in tariff is 11 yen). Feed-in tariff for >10kw is ...

I've been looking further into solar panels and am now drafting my second blog post. Before that I could do with your help! So a few things have cleared up. You can use the power from commercial installations (over 10kw) yourself and are not forced to sell all the electricity. Given that, would it b...

Hi Gareth

The website is here: http://hosted.jalt.org/chapters/kq/sche ... ptember/09

Recently I've been finding the best format to be a quick overview of personal finance and accounts in Japan, then a lengthy Q&A

If they are changing the rules so that you can qualify for pension payments after paying in for 10 years as opposed to the 25 it has been up till now, and you can backpay for ten years, is there anything to stop someone just backpaying 10 years the month or so before they retire and getting the ben...

I believe you can pay the last ten years only

Thanks anroy! I hadn't seen the term of the day before... might have to subscribe now

I've been lucky (maybe?) and have been in kosei nenkin almost the whole time I've been in Japan. I have nine months of 3/4 exempt payments that I am thinking about topping up. I guess I should go into the pension office and ask them to do the sums for me. I'll check my nenkin teiki bin next month an...

Thanks Tony! Their forum is also pretty good, especially for US citizens: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/index.php

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