The Basics of Personal Finance in Japan
Everything you need to know to get started on improving your finances while living in Japan, from earning and saving to investing, insurance, pensions, and more.
Want to go from zero to having your money on autopilot in Japan?
Managing your finances can be confusing enough, let alone doing it in another country. Most of us weren’t taught anything about how to handle money as we navigate through life.
So you earn and spend, you probably save up for things you really want with no real logic to it but things work out, more or less.
Or maybe you get into debt or some crisis hits and the stress of sorting that out is made ten times worse because of the financial impact.
Before you know it, retirement will be just around the corner and … you just don’t want to think about it.
But it doesn’t have to be like that.
Mastering money doesn’t have to be a mystery.
You can get everything set up by learning a few basic principles in six key areas: spending and saving, pensions and investing, and insurance and planning.
A practical blueprint to managing your finances
The Basics of Personal Finance in Japan course gives you a practical blueprint for to go from zero to competently managing your finances in Japan.
With 25 years of living in Japan and 12 years as a financial educator, I’m going to give you specific recommendations tailored to the Japanese context so you know exactly what to do, which accounts to open, and how to manage your money.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to
- get your spending under control and start saving
- understand what the basic investing options are in Japan
- understand the Japanese pension system (nenkin)
- stay on top of your finances and plan for the future
So, if you’re ready to take control of your finances in Japan and be financially secure, this is the course you need.
What the course covers
- How to spend within your means so you have the life you want AND the life you can afford
- How to save for the future without being miserable now
- Which investing accounts to open in Japan
- What insurance you need (and what insurance you don’t!)
- How the pension system works in Japan
- How to plan for the future financially
- All the steps to take to stay on track with your finances from now on
Ben from RetireJapan
I started RetireJapan in 2013 to help people living here to learn more about personal finance, investing, retirement, and life in Japan.
I've done hundreds of coaching sessions with people and from that I learned the main things people were stuck with: how to save and invest for the future, how to think about money, how things work here in Japan, and what retirement might look like for them.
This course will give you a shortcut to understanding, and more importantly, will help you take action.
Course curriculum
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1Read this first! How the course works
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2Introduction
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3Tame your spending
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4Lock in your saving
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5Start investing
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6Optimize your insurance
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7Get to grips with your pension
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8Financial planning
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9The blueprint
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10What next?