Attempting to pin down precisely how much you should be saving for retirement each year, and how much you should have accumulated at the various milestones in your life is no simple… read more →

Making the most out of retirement requires careful planning, investment, and saving during your working career. Depending solely on basic government pension programs, such as the National Pension in Japan,… read more →

Producing alpha, or a return in excess of that of the benchmark or index, is achieved by outperforming the market. To outperform the market you are required to have an… read more →

The Air BnB host community in Japan will have recently received an email from Air BnB saying that they have until the 14th of June, 2018 to notify Air BnB… read more →

Financial independence means something different to everyone. You might be able to survive on 150,000 yen (the average employee pension in Japan), but others may need x10 times this amount… read more →

Hedging is another topic in the world of finance and investing that is often heard but rarely explained. Most people will have at some point in their life, whether it… read more →

Bitcoin Japan: Japan And Tax On Cryptocurrency This year there has been a tremendous amount of discussion about cryptocurrency, in part due to their across-the-board meteoric rise, and increasingly common coverage… read more →

If you are not familiar with the field of buying and selling businesses, whether it be in Tokyo, Japan, or throughout the world, then the term “business broker” might come across… read more →

As we come to the conclusion of another year’s investing we have a few weeks of down-time to look back and review the past year. At present, this is the… read more →

Checking your financial situation at the end of the year is better than doing it at the beginning of the year. Why? Because you are less likely to massage your… read more →