sendaiben
@sendaiben.org
long-time Sendai resident, English teacher, jiu-jitsu failure, coffee addict, finance dilettante, YouTube grinder, Kindle fan, enslaved by grandkids
Progress Report 2025 www.retirejapan.com/blog/progres...
Progress Report 2025
You can’t handle the progress This is always one of my favourite posts of the year. It’s a chance to look at my financial progress, and hopefully this will inspire others to work on their finances too...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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If you live in Japan, you should be ready for disasters.
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
December 15, 2025 at 12:12 AM
If you live in Japan, you should be ready for disasters.
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
Don't worry about them TOO much, but do take time to make basic preparations
You'll be so glad you did when the day comes
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🚒
The Monday Read: Be Prepared www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Be Prepared
Natural Disasters are coming In Japan, natural disasters are all around. This week we had a moderate sized earthquake in Sendai. It came, of course, at night. My wife was in the bath so I went and mad...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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What are you feeding your brain? The standard informational diet might be bad for your mental health.
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
What are you feeding your brain? The standard informational diet might be bad for your mental health.
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 😇
The Monday Read: You are what you eat www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: You are what you eat
Time to be a bit more conscious of the information diet This blog sometimes feels like Groundhog Day (the movie). The same themes and topics crop up over and over again, seemingly without making any p...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:55 AM
The Monday Read: You are what you eat www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
My Number Reloaded www.retirejapan.com/blog/my-numb...
My Number Reloaded
Renewing the digital certificate in 2025 My what has expired now? One of the more baffling aspects of the My Number cards (in my humble opinion) is the fact that the digital certificate only lasts for...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Handling the internet addiction, proposed visa fees in Japan, generative AI results, forum topics, all our usual links and more 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
December 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Handling the internet addiction, proposed visa fees in Japan, generative AI results, forum topics, all our usual links and more 😁
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🉐
The Monday Read: On/offline www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: On/offline
Walking the line I’ve been putting a bit more effort into RetireJapan recently. Posting on social media, replying to comments and questions. A lot is going on in Japan at the moment, and people seem i...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The Monday Read: On/offline www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
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Are the good times over for UK citizens living abroad? Maybe.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
November 28, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Are the good times over for UK citizens living abroad? Maybe.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
All the details of changes coming in 2026 in our new blog post.
HUGE UK state pension changes www.retirejapan.com/blog/huge-uk...
HUGE UK state pension changes
You are on the clock to sign up if you haven’t already For years people who had lived or worked in the UK had an incredible financial opportunity: they could sign up to pay into the UK state pension o...
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November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
HUGE UK state pension changes www.retirejapan.com/blog/huge-uk...
The Monday Read: Winter is Coming www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Winter is Coming
And that right quick I took a trip up to Appi Kogen (a ski resort in Iwate) with my wife last week. One of our favourite hotels is there, and it is cheap(er) in the off season -prices during winter ar...
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November 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The Monday Read: Winter is Coming www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
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Going back to work, RetireJapan TV, a new YT series, my new favourite mouse, and all the usual links and content 😎
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
November 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Going back to work, RetireJapan TV, a new YT series, my new favourite mouse, and all the usual links and content 😎
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🎌
The Monday Read: Going Back www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Going Back
Work eventually makes you free after all Last week I did something I haven’t done for a while: I took a paid job working for an employer. It was just for one day, and I had an ulterior motive, but it ...
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November 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Monday Read: Going Back www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
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Japan gets tough (eventually)
All visa renewals and changes will now require proof of paying tax and social insurance.
But is this 'unfair'?
All visa renewals and changes will now require proof of paying tax and social insurance.
But is this 'unfair'?
November 14, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Japan gets tough (eventually)
All visa renewals and changes will now require proof of paying tax and social insurance.
But is this 'unfair'?
All visa renewals and changes will now require proof of paying tax and social insurance.
But is this 'unfair'?
Japan Finally Gets Tough www.retirejapan.com/blog/japan-f...
Japan Finally Gets Tough
Proposals to reject visa renewals and cancel PR if people are not up to date with payments Our new PM Sanae Takaichi campaigned on a platform of dealing with Japan’s so-called ‘foreigner problems’. No...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Japan Finally Gets Tough www.retirejapan.com/blog/japan-f...
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Winter is coming, electricity providers, people who shouldn't use iDeCo, and all our usual links and content ⛄️
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗻
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗻
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Winter is coming, electricity providers, people who shouldn't use iDeCo, and all our usual links and content ⛄️
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗻
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗻
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Becoming a Japanese citizen is much more popular than I imagined 🎎
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗾
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗾
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Becoming a Japanese citizen is much more popular than I imagined 🎎
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗾
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🗾
The Monday Read: Turning Japanese www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Turning Japanese
Naturalising is more popular than I thought This week I had my initial interview with the 法務局 with a view to starting the process to apply to naturalise. I wrote about it a bit on social media and mad...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:27 AM
The Monday Read: Turning Japanese www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
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The financial planner qualification in Japan is really popular because it's one of the easiest 国家資格 to pass, but is it useful for people who are interested in personal finance?
Find out here 😀
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Find out here 😀
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FP Test: Something for Everyone?
Taking the financial planner qualifications in Japan
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October 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The financial planner qualification in Japan is really popular because it's one of the easiest 国家資格 to pass, but is it useful for people who are interested in personal finance?
Find out here 😀
retirejapan.substack.com/p/fp-test-so...
Find out here 😀
retirejapan.substack.com/p/fp-test-so...
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New video for members on YouTube out now (everyone else gets it this afternoon 😁 )
How to Naturalize in Japan: Starting the Process at the Hōmukyoku
How to Naturalize in Japan: Starting the Process at the Hōmukyoku
October 31, 2025 at 12:20 AM
New video for members on YouTube out now (everyone else gets it this afternoon 😁 )
How to Naturalize in Japan: Starting the Process at the Hōmukyoku
How to Naturalize in Japan: Starting the Process at the Hōmukyoku
FP Test: Something for Everyone? www.retirejapan.com/blog/fp-test...
FP Test: Something for Everyone?
There is a shrine on a small island off the coast of Miyagi. The shrine is over a thousand years old. Legend says that people who participate in the ceremony three years in a row will never want for m...
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October 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
FP Test: Something for Everyone? www.retirejapan.com/blog/fp-test...
The Monday Read: In with the New www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: In with the New
Good luck to our new Prime Minister We (formally) got a new Prime Minister this week. I wish her luck and hope she is able to make things better for people living in Japan. I also went to a shrine aga...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Sometimes interactions don't go the way you think they will in Japan 😬
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Sometimes interactions don't go the way you think they will in Japan 😬
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Is Japan retired? Zairyu cards are mutating. And much much more...
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🍤
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🍤
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Is Japan retired? Zairyu cards are mutating. And much much more...
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🍤
The Monday Read from RetireJapan: personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan 🍤
The Monday Read: Golden Brown www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...
The Monday Read: Golden Brown
When life gives you ebi Make ebi tempura towers! Had this for lunch with my wife the other day, in a food court in a supermarket in Natori (just south of Sendai). Really good, although the first one b...
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October 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The Monday Read: Golden Brown www.retirejapan.com/blog/the-mon...