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RetireJapan
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Thinking and writing about money and life.
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2017-10-19 04:58
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money
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Film Review: Margin Call
Amazing cast, engrossing film, very cynical Last month's review of The Big Short reminded me of another great film about the 2008 financial crisis: Margin Call. It is is kind of a cross between 24 and
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japan
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Credit Cards in Japan
Uniquely unique? I wrote about my European trip earlier in the month, paid for mainly with air miles I got from using credit cards. Credit cards in Japan are slightly different to their UK or US equivalents.
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japan
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Japanese Government Debt
Up and up There was an article last month about the latest government debt figures. Seems like it's still going up at just over 1% a year and is now over 8 million yen per inhabitant. Now, I don't pretend
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travel
9y
Travel Hacking to Europe
The good life, for less Lufthansa business class, where I am (hopefully) currently sitting :) I'm taking a trip to Europe this month to see family and friends. Here's my itinerary: Fly
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japan
9y
Financial Planner Test
My new challenge As I kind of hinted at in last month's blog post, I have decided to take the Financial Planner 3級 test in January. The main reason is that I would like to learn more about personal finance
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money
9y
Book Review: How to Own the World
Buy all-world stock ETFs, of course This book blew me away. Not so much because of its advice (it recommends global diversification and a variation of the permanent portfolio) but because it made me change
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japan
9y
Inflation in Japan
Seems to be a work of fiction Recently inflation has been bothering me. Well, not inflation itself, but rather the official inflation figures. Apparently prices in Japan are dropping again, and are down
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money
9y
Book Review: The Simple Path to Wealth
A lot of the time, simple is best The Simple Path to Wealth is a new book by JL Collins, who writes the excellent blog of the same name. It's clear, easy to read, well-researched, and interesting. He has
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japan
9y
Talking to a Financial Planner in Japan
It was a little bit underwhelming to be honest As part of my research into the Financial Planner test here in Japan, I had a look through the Japan Financial Planner Association website and discovered
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japan
9y
Reader Profile: DC RIse
Planting trees in Nagoya RetireJapan: I'm very happy to present a new reader profile today from DC Rise, an English teacher in Nagoya who attended one of the RetireJapan talks last year. We've been keeping
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money
9y
Review: The Big Short
Really fun film for money geeks I really enjoyed The Big Short (called 'Money Shot' in Japanese -oh myyyy!). It's not particularly practical (the characters in the film are unusually insightful hedge fund
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japan
9y
Transferring Money Abroad
Could this be the one we've been looking for? Anyone wanting to transfer money abroad has run into the expense and hassle of traditional transfer methods. It's time-consuming. It's expensive. The exchange
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japan
9y
Real Estate Prices in Japan
The mid-90s want their very useful website back I received a letter from the Ministry of Land, etc. last week asking me to fill in a voluntary survey. Well, I don't know how voluntary it is, as they said
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money
9y
International Tax Information Sharing
Er, busted? A reader mentioned this news story in the comments last week. Over two years old, but very interesting, and likely to affect some of our readers. Basically 51 countries and counting agreed
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money
9y
Invest Like a Pro
The title is misleading... I read Invest Like a Pro last week. It's a short book written by Jesse Mecham, who started the popular You Need a Budget system. I don't use YNAB myself, but it seems like a
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japan
9y
Moving to the Country
Osato near Sendai (Google maps street view) Japan's villages and towns need you You may have seen the news stories about Japan's empty house problem. It's also no secret that as Tokyo is still booming,
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japan
9y
Reader Profile: Sean
The English School Owner A new reader profile for you. Like many of our readers, Sean owns an English school and is thinking about the future. He asked some questions over email and then very kindly agreed
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money
9y
The Economy
What is it good for? Absolutely... I got an interesting question from a reader last week. They asked about what the recent Bank of Japan announcements meant and how we could take advantage of them going
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news
9y
Cheap Energy is Around the Corner
According to this post solar and wind power prices are plunging. Awesome news for everyone :)
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japan
9y
The Exit Tax
You can check in any time you like... This one crept under the radar somewhat. In 2015 the Japanese Diet approved a bill imposing an exit tax on 'wealthy individuals'. The amount to qualify as 'wealthy'
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