Practical guidance for living, planning and researching in Japan
Practical guides, Japan-specific financial tools and source-led company research—built to show the evidence, assumptions and limitations behind every answer.
See the assumptions before you act.
Start with the question in front of you.
Living and planning in Japan
Understand taxes, pensions, banking, investing, household costs and financial independence in Japan.
- Money in Japan
- NISA and iDeCo
- Pensions and insurance
- FIRE planning
Researching Japanese companies
Find evidence-backed company research built from filings, disclosures, company statements and a full desktop sweep.
- Company discovery
- Standard and Premium reports
- Sources and limitations
- Version history
Two tools for different decisions.
Financial independence planning built for Japan.
Make the timing of taxes, insurance, pensions, accessible assets and account rules visible in one scenario.
Planning support only—not financial advice.
Research Japanese companies with structured context.
Versioned company profiles grounded in primary records, documented searches, source registers and explicit limitations.
Research support only—not a recommendation service.
Start with the parts that change the answer.
FIRE in Japan: taxes, pensions, NISA and the bridge to financial independence
A Japan-specific starting point for thinking about accessible assets, later pensions, residence tax, health insurance and the assumptions behind a useful scenario.
See what supports the answer.
Official records and direct company material are preferred where available.
Claims include as-of or review context so readers can judge freshness.
Important limitations are stated instead of hidden inside confident language.
Investor Intelligence supports independent research; it does not issue buy or sell recommendations.
Disclosure · Research methodology · General information, not financial advice.