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• What should expats be doing to grow their money?

  Depending on where you make your home as an expat, you may be pleasantly...

  • Posted January 30, 2019
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• Do you talk to your children about money?

  Teaching money-management skills to children is climbing the popularity polls, as more secondary schools...

  • Posted November 26, 2018
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  Wealth Building: Where do you start?

  As the global economy continues to flounder, now more than ever it’s a pertinent...

  • Posted February 2, 2018
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  5 Smart Ways To Stretch Your Tokyo Home Budget

  The most effective advice for responsible home budgeting is to never miss a bill,...

  • Posted November 13, 2017
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• What I’d like my kids to know about budgeting, debt and wealth

  Budgeting means living within your means As an adult, you’ll have expenses and bills....

  • Posted October 18, 2017
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  What is the best debit card in Japan for foreigners?

  A debit card is a card on which the price is immediately deducted from...

  • Posted August 21, 2017
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• How are bonuses calculated in Japan?

  In Japan, most companies pay twice-a-year bonuses to its full time employees.  The summer...

  • Posted June 1, 2017
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• License now required for people renting out properties to people through an online marketplace.

  When you rent out your property or motor vehicle to visitors through an online...

  • Posted June 1, 2017
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• Booking your summer vacation online? Be vigilant with credit card fraud.

  Summer is here and most families may be shopping online for cheap air tickets...

  • Posted May 26, 2017
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• What the Japanese law says about paying for goods and services in coins

  Almost everyone in Japan pays in cash at convenience stores.You might be surprised by...

  • Posted May 13, 2017
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• Being good at saving money is because of genes not parenting, says study

  photo by magnolia Good financial habits has always been perceived as something instilled by...

  • Posted April 23, 2017
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  Setting limits with data and beyond

  Ever feel like you spend half your time managing other family members’ behaviour, especially...

  • Posted February 14, 2017
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  Unemployment insurance benefit

  Q I’m contemplating quitting my job without another one in place. For how long...

  • Posted October 10, 2015
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  How do major Japanese phone carriers make money from you?

  The answer is by selling only ‘Very expensive’ and ‘Too Expensive’ mobile phone plans...

  • Posted September 13, 2015
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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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