Getting a loan as a self employed person with a temporary pause in income
Long story short: moved to Japan in 2023. I have had between 25 and 30 million yen of…
Crypto tax reform 2026
Seeing a lot of noise in different financial news outlets about how Japan is about to start treating…
Making an LLC as an app developer in Japan. What kind of LLC, steps involved, tips?? Thanks!
I've been making websites and programming for years but I haven't launched anything on the app store yet…
New ETF – (For hedging against appreciating yen)
Link -> https://money-bu-jpx.com/news/article064926/ It will start trading next week. It will be more accessible to retail traders, who…
8M/year in Tokyo – what would the US equivalent be?
In terms of QoL that can be afforded on that salary- what would the US equivalent be of…
Roughly 4 million yen available for investing. NISA lump-sum or optimize for points & taxable fund?
Hi, in the last years I preferred to invest the full yearly 3.6mil NISA threshold in January and…
JP National Parents live abroad and buying a property together. What do they need to execute the transaction?
My parents are Japanese nationals living abroad (in New Zealand, to be particular). They've been there for decades.…
Mercard Limit set to ¥0
Not sure why/how it happened. I only had ¥10,000 credit limit since the beginning and it's always cleared…
Any value etf from nisa
I am currently investing in 80% emaxis all country and 20% nasdaq 100, i wanted to add a…
PSA for those who haven’t filled their Tsumitate NISA for 2025 (it’s not too late)
This is an update of my post from last year: hope the mods won’t mind. As those of…
Take-home pay calculator update – Spouse and Dependent Deductions support
Dependent and Spouse Deductions are now supported in our take-home pay calculator (kei3) available at https://kei3.japanfinance.org/. It took…
US disregarded entity opening branch in Japan, very confusing
As the forum repeatedly mentioned, SMLLC are not disregarded in Japan as they are in the US. When…