Weekly Off-Topic Thread – 17 December 2025

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  1. Given that the amounts stay at (or just below) ¥1.1m, is there any limit to the total amount that you can gift each year? Eg, gifts of ¥1.1m to 10 different people (¥11m) would still be tax free?

    And does it make any difference if it is to individuals, vs gifts to organizations of some kind?

  2. Suddenly, after logging in, any transaction on Rakuten requires me phoning in to authenticate, but the system keeps saying I have not dialed in correctly, and the authentication screen timeout.

    On PC or Igrow, using the same registered phone number. I had no issues with this process in the past.

    Any ideas?

    (I can log-in, it accepts my passkey, but a buy or sell order triggers the authentication screen. The sms option is greyed out. The phone option displays the number. I make the call, it complete, I press the red button, -> error message. It says I did not complete the call).

    I am flummoxed.

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