Unlocking the Secrets of Legal Jargon: How AI Legalese Decoder is Revolutionizing Finance in Tokyo
- May 8, 2024
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## Seeking Financial Advice in Tokyo
I currently reside in Tokyo and, at 30 years old, I feel like I am behind in terms of saving and planning for my future. I have not had the opportunity to focus on my financial well-being until recently, and I am uncertain about where to begin.
## The Challenge of Finding Trustworthy Financial Advice
Given my lack of expertise in financial matters and difficulty deciphering complex financial advice, I find myself hesitant to approach a financial advisor. I am wary of potential scams and the inherent risks associated with trusting someone else with my financial future.
## Long-Term Planning in Japan
As I plan on residing in Japan for the foreseeable future, I am in need of guidance on long-term financial planning, retirement savings, and real estate investments. I acknowledge the importance of securing my financial stability and ensuring a comfortable future for myself.
## How AI Legalese Decoder Can Help
AI Legalese Decoder can assist in decoding complex financial language and providing simplified explanations of financial concepts. By utilizing this tool, I can better understand the advice provided by financial professionals and make informed decisions regarding my financial future. Additionally, AI Legalese Decoder can help me identify trustworthy financial advisors and navigate potential scams, ensuring that I receive reliable guidance in planning for my life and retirement in Japan.
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AI Legalese Decoder: Deciphering Legal Jargon
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You’re not late to the game at all. I started saving/investing when I was 43.
I don’t think you need a financial advisor unless you have lots (**LOTS**) of assets. Otherwise you can do it yourself with some basic pointers from other people. You should probably start on the Retire Japan forums ([https://www.retirejapan.com/forum/](https://www.retirejapan.com/forum/)) and learn about the NISA and iDeCo accounts.
I started by tracking my monthly income and expenses just to have a clear view of how much money I had coming in and out every month, and I prepared a simple simulation of how much my investments would grow between now and the time I’m 90 years old, assuming the average yearly growth for stocks. This gave me a clear idea of how much I would need to invest every month to be able to reach my goals after retirement.
I put this all in a Google Sheets document. I can make a copy, remove my personal data from it and share it somewhere if you want to take a look.
Hahaha!!!! Late to the game!!!! Please don’t worry about your age. When I was your age, I had NOTHING!! I’m near retirement and I’m ok. You’ll be fine, especially if you start now.
As a Flight Attendant, I’ve seen older FAs around different airlines. But I wouldn’t trust them for anything other than airplane services.
I think the vast majority in Japan will not be useful for your situation. Most will likely try to sell you insurance products for “guaranteed returns” or off shore investing for “tax free” shelters. Both are crap.
Boggle head for basics of investing
Retire Japan forum for specific Japan retirement vehicle info.
That’s good enough for the vast majority of people.
Never too late for being responsible for your finances! I’m not sure if NISA is a good option for US citizens. US doesn’t recognize NISA as a tax free vehicle and may even open up some tax reporting complexities (assuming you are diligently reporting annually).
Here is a fun read: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Investing_from_Japan_for_US_citizens_and_US_permanent_residents
I also wasn’t lucky finding good FA in Japan, and avoided a few who pretended helping me by always pushing their own offshore products in financial paradise but never actually suggested the the things that you need as a resident.
Not saying you can’t find a decent one but yes, you have to be careful.
You’re a us citizen so I think this is extremely tricky for you when it comes to what you can do and cannot.
If you were not, I’d suggest these steps as a starting point.
If you’re planning to reside long term:
1. Buy your apartment / house.
2. Ideco / DC
3. NISA
4. Regular trading account with low cost and diversified ETF.
That’s it. No need for more.
1. Is critical because your rent is your main source of expense. When you own your house, you transform money that you’ll never see again in an investment. So focus on that.
2. Ideco / DC / 401k is extremely interesting because it has two main benefits. First, it reduces your taxable income amount, second it gives you tax free returns. Flip side is that you can get it back from 60.
3. NISA (especially the new one since 2024) allows you to have tax free returns for life up to 18MY (if I remember correctly) per individual. It doesn’t reduce your taxable income like Ideco but at least you can cash out anytime.
4. Is what you do next when you’ve maximized 1, 2 and 3. If you invest in diversified low cost etf, keep disciplined and resist fomo/fear of down market, you will make gains.
That’s it. No need for more. Mostly set and forget, just check in few times a year to check your portfolio allocation but most of it is passive investment.
You don’t need to be a genius to be rich. Just disciplined.
I was also 30 when I found a Festive Accountant, you’ll be fine.
30 is very early to the game on average. Most people start late and regret not starting earlier.
> But i dont know who is trust worthy or what a scam might be. I know there is inherit risk when using a FA.
This is the crux of the problem. Unfortunately I think there’s no real substitute for studying and understanding yourself. There are good FAs out there but there are also a lot who are just cruising through and earning massive kickbacks for selling overpriced life insurance. So unless you can find someone who you have a good reason to trust (like a family member or close personal friend – and even then, is that someone you can trust with your life’s savings?), you can’t really delegate the problem of figuring out whether you’re being scammed.
Might be annoying but safest thing is to just learn on your own. The easiest and one of the safest styles to learn is the long term investing bogglehead style.
You aren’t even late, never mind very late, so put that thought out of your adorable Such a Nice Young Man’s head.
Put as much money as you can in something that earns the highest interest you can get (term deposits, etc.), look into some ETF type funds to start investing with and then look to feed that fund if and when you see results, keep a suitable chunk more liquid so you have it if needed, and do an anal retentive level household budget to figure out if there are ways to save on that, and if there are, do, if there aren’t, don’t. Needless frugality is an energy draining waste, and Frugality for it’s own sake should be strongly censured through public shaming and perhaps even the use of dunce caps and ducking stools. Unplugging appliances and turning off the Fucking Water Heater after each use is neurotic voodoo astrology level hogwash, but can have domestic payoffs of considerable attraction.
You could hire an FA, or you could just see what you can figure out yourself. Why not buy a Savings & Investing for Dummies type introductory manual, and if the wife is Japanese, by her one in Japanese as well, then cross-pollinate and triangulate from the stuff you glean from that? In short, like Tofu or Yoghurt, It’s Sooooo Much Better When You Make It Yourself!!!!, and in this case it’s actually probably mostly true, unlike with Tofu and Yoghurt. Oh, and money is great when you have more of it, in case you are new to that idea. Good luck.
The dilemma with getting a financial advisor is that by the time you educate yourself enough to judge whether that FA is good for you (truly adding value, and not just living off your gullibility), then you’ll also be knowledgeable enough to handle it yourself.
There may be more complicated situations for higher net worth individuals, and a good FA can help, but for people starting out, do some reading on bogleheads and/or retirejapan and start asking questions.
(and if someone talks to you about an ‘offshore’ plan, say thank you and goodby–i.e., run!)
You can get a free session with a FP through this association: [https://www.jafp.or.jp/eng/](https://www.jafp.or.jp/eng/)
I wrote about my experience talking to them here: https://www.retirejapan.com/blog/talking-to-a-financial-planner-in-japan/
I’d recommend Millionaire Teacher as a good starter for investing!
First of all, go on YouTube and find out what a NISA is.
Once you’ve done that, you then need to decide what your personal risk tolerance is. Plenty of people can tell you what you SHOULD do, but you know yourself best. If investing in 100% stocks is gonna keep you up at night at the prospect of a looming recession, then that’s probably not the best for you and you should look at diversifying between stocks and bonds. But again, that’s up for you to decide.
Rest of it is just put in money every month, check every so often, assess a couple of times a year.
As you say, it’d be very difficult to tell who is giving you actual financial advice, as many would steer you into buying insurance or affiliated sub-par products. So just take it into your own hands and get your own Financial Planning credentials. https://www.jafp.or.jp/exam/
Started at 32 with my first Feeble Attempt but I got better quickly so don’t worry. Feel free to DM with any questions
I don’t think you’re too late.
Before my 30s I had negative money. Now I could get another house in full..
Can someone enlighten me what’s FA?
You can learn so much online that I don’t see the point. The two main variables between individuals are their risk tolerance and their goals. Once you know about that and some basic portfolio construction principles (look into the roles of cash, stocks, bonds, REITs, gold and cryptocurrency in a portfolio) you can do it yourself.
If you’re just saving for retirement, estimate how much money you need to live the sort of life you enjoy then subtract how much you expect to get from pensions. That’s your goal. I used the MacOS Numbers “Retirement Goals” spreadsheet to calculate the minimum I need to save each month to reach that goal.
As for your risk tolerance, only you know that. I still haven’t experienced a proper crash in the time I’ve been invested. I can tell you that I’m in my mid 30s and most of my portfolio is in diversified stock index funds. That’s likely to make it quite volatile but also exposes me to more growth over the 30 years until I retire. I may reduce that allocation as I get closer to retirement.