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  Is Summer Learning worth the time and money?

  Most parents are looking forward to the end of the school year when they...

  • Posted April 19, 2016
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  How we went from ¥55,000 a month to ¥18,000 a month on phone bills.

  Recently, I had a serious discussion with my wife about how we are saving...

  • Posted February 23, 2016
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  Statistics reveal growing poverty rate in Japan linked to divorce

  The number of Japan’s middle class is crumbling. The era of the once called...

  • Posted December 17, 2014
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  Why is Japanese beef more expensive than US beef?

  I thought I would cook a good steak for dinner so I went to...

  • Posted November 4, 2014
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  How to get the best out of your Costco shopping experience

  Supermarkets deliberately put their pricier products at very visible corners to get you to ...

  • Posted September 3, 2014
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  How to use a prepaid (E saifu) Visa card in Japan

  A payment option for online purchases that has become increasingly popular in Japan for...

  • Posted March 4, 2014
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  Which credit card in Japan offers the most value to user?

  Do you want to make sweeping changes to your finances ahead of the consumption...

  • Posted February 18, 2014
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  Japanese preschooler donates his piggy bank savings to typhoon victims

  According to the United Nations, typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city, Leyte,  Philippines has recorded a death...

  • Posted December 17, 2013
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  Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ banking rules change

  If, at the end of the year, you find yourself complaining that you don’t...

  • Posted October 11, 2013
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  Spender or saver?: What this reveals about you

  I was recently invited to be a guest on a local television show. The...

  • Posted July 5, 2013
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• How I shaved off ¥9,000 a month from our electricity bill

  Tokyo summer is here again with many households cranking up their air conditioners to...

  • Posted June 17, 2013
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  Do you have a retirement plan?

  One in four of the working Japanese population are approaching or now past the...

  • Posted August 30, 2012
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  Till debt do us part

  Seven years ago this month, I was the June bride with a big smile...

  • Posted May 31, 2012
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• Money and children

  Money makes the world go 'round. For kids it's never too early to learn...

  • Posted July 26, 2010
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  Generation debt: Hope for echo boomers in trouble

  The children of Baby Boomers have many nicknames: Echo Boomers, the Millennial Generation and...

  • Posted March 31, 2010
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• Tips for leasing an office space in Tokyo

  Now is the perfect time to establish or relocate your business in Japan. Rents are...

  • Posted October 31, 2009
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• Dos and don’ts on leasing a home in Japan

  DOs Do your homework: Websites will give you a good idea of what may...

  • Posted October 1, 2009
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• Tips for real-estate investors

  Investing in real estate isn’t always a safe proposition. There are risks, but it...

  • Posted July 26, 2009
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• Summer fun for less

  Let’s face it: summer’s not what it used to be. After an exhausting school...

  • Posted June 29, 2009
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• How to get the most out of your real estate broker

  Photo © Elena Derevstova   Sounds like a loaded topic from the beginning, but...

  • Posted June 29, 2009
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• Starting from zero

    OK, so you have just tied the knot and taken the steps to...

  • Posted June 29, 2009
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• 3 tips on buying property in Tokyo

  1. Foreigners considering the purchase of a property in Tokyo would do well to...

  • Posted May 30, 2009
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• Protecting your family and finances in challenging times

  The global recession is hitting us all. There are few – if any –...

  • Posted March 30, 2009
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• Budget browsing

  So what can one coin buy in these days of global economic meltdown? Plenty!...

  • Posted February 1, 2009
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• Are my investments safe?

  Photo © Elena Derevstova If you are like me you may have been contemplating...

  • Posted December 25, 2008
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• Home run

  Generally speaking, people find the topic of taxation extremely boring except when they find...

  • Posted November 29, 2008
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• A good old-fashioned recession

  The pace of the Titanic-like sinking of America’s financial infrastructure is moving at such...

  • Posted November 4, 2008
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• Don’t break the bank

  Funding your child's education

  • Posted August 4, 2008
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