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Evidence-backed guidance for Japan

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.

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Guides & planning

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

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Company research

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

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Tools with a job to do

Two tools for different decisions.

JPFIRECalc

Financial independence planning built for Japan.

Make the timing of taxes, insurance, pensions, accessible assets and account rules visible in one scenario.

Tax and NHI assumptionsAccount access timingScenario comparison

Build a scenario

Planning support only—not financial advice.

Investor Intelligence

Research Japanese companies with structured context.

Versioned company profiles grounded in primary records, documented searches, source registers and explicit limitations.

Company discoveryEvidence and methodologyPrivate report workspace

See how research works

Research support only—not a recommendation service.

Latest guide

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Financial independence

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.

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Research and tool behaviour checked2 August 2026 · 18 min read
Why readers can trust the work

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01Primary sources first

Official records and direct company material are preferred where available.

02Dates stay visible

Claims include as-of or review context so readers can judge freshness.

03Uncertainty is named

Important limitations are stated instead of hidden inside confident language.

04No trade instructions

Investor Intelligence supports independent research; it does not issue buy or sell recommendations.

Disclosure · Research methodology · General information, not financial advice.

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