RetireJapan TV Ben from RetireJapan

RetireJapan TV is a monthly show about personal finance in Japan with news, deep dives on specific topics, interviews with guests, and as much Q&A as you can handle.
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In today's show we talk about working at univertsity in Japan, what the job market looks like in 2024 and beyond, research, the value of getting a PhD, commercial publishing, and more with Andy Boon.

RetireJapan TV is a monthly show about personal finance in Japan with news, deep dives on specific topics, interviews with guests, and as much Q&A as you can handle.
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In today's show we talk real estate in Japan with Ziv Nakajima-Magen, take a look at recent news stories, and much much more!

Ziv’s original RetireJapan talk on investing in real estate:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6QUlBzH11c
Nippon Tradings International:
https://nippontradings.com/
Website showing population change in each prefecture: https://ecitizen.jp/Population/Prefecture/47
Japan Real Estate Podcast:
https://podcast05d680.podigee.io
Noto businesses you can support:
https://www.spoon-tamago.com/local-noto-businesses-that-you-can-support/

RetireJapan TV is a monthly show about personal finance in Japan with news, deep dives on specific topics, interviews with guests, and as much Q&A as you can handle.
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In today's show we talk shop with Martin from Smart Money Asia, get into a friendly discussion about crypto, take a look at recent news stories, and much much more!

LINKS:

Smart Money Asia
https://smartmoneyasia.com

Marginal Nation: Bestselling Author’s New Novel Warns of Grim Future for Japan
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-topics/bg900484/marginal-nation-bestselling-author%E2%80%99s-new-novel-warns-of-grim-future-for-japan.html

Alternative viewpoint – "Japan Optimist" by Jesper Koll:
https://japanoptimist.substack.com

RetireJapan guide to NISA:
https://www.retirejapan.com/nisa/

Japan Post's NISA page:
https://www.jp-bank.japanpost.jp/kojin/shisanunyou/toushin/nisa/kj_suy_ts_nisa_index.html

eMaxis Slim All-Country Fund:
https://emaxis.jp/fund/253425.html

Police panel proposes up to 12,000 yen fine for cycling violations in Japan:
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231221/p2g/00m/0na/020000c

Japan to partially lift ban on ride-hailing services from April:
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20231220/p2g/00m/0na/056000c

Coasting to Retirement with a Margin of Safety:
https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2024/01/coasting-to-retirement-with-a-margin-of-safety/

Pension benefit amounts for 2024 releases:
https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanFinance/comments/19axwtb/pension_benefit_amounts_for_2024_releases/

Local Noto Businesses that You Can Support:
https://www.spoon-tamago.com/local-noto-businesses-that-you-can-support/

"The Basics of Personal Finance" video course:
https://retirejapan.teachable.com/p/basics-of-personal-finance-in-japan

"Your First Ten Million Yen" live online course:
https://retirejapan.teachable.com/p/your-first-ten-million-yen

Investing in real estate in Japan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6QUlBzH11c

RetireJapan TV is a monthly show about personal finance in Japan with news, deep dives on specific topics, interviews with guests, and as much Q&A as you can handle.
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In today's show we talk about unusual and interesting trains and travel in Japan, take a look at recent news stories, take a look back at ten years of RetireJapan, and get into that festive cheer.

Simran's Twitter account: https://twitter.com/sim_nagra

30 minutes of silence blog post: https://www.retirejapan.com/blog/a-moment-of-silence/

Ikea tips: https://youtu.be/dxqoy9pyNUw?si=MvLC4_KoM9TBU29o

Nenkin reaction video: https://youtu.be/tcTIhnEj5ak?si=e3AnLnoXKZatc4FT

The Basics of Personal Finance in Japan (video course): https://retirejapan.teachable.com/p/basics-of-personal-finance-in-japan

Your First Ten Million Yen (live course) waiting list: https://maven.com/forms/2425e2

RetireJapan TV is a monthly show about personal finance in Japan with news, deep dives on specific topics, interviews with guests, and as much Q&A as you can handle.

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In today's show we talk about pensions, take a look at recent news stories, check out how to get cheap flights to Europe, and look ahead to what awaits us for the rest of Season 2 of RetireJapan TV.

RetireJapan TV is a monthly show about personal finance in Japan with news, deep dives on specific topics, interviews with guests, and as much Q&A as you can handle.
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In today's show we talk to Twitter's Paprika Girl, who I was mainly aware of as someone with impeccable taste in kimono, who was really into traditional Japanese culture. But there is more! She also works in Japanese TV, and has a bug out house in the country? But who is Paprika Girl really? Let's find out!