Estimated tax prepayment system (予定納税)

On July 31st my bank account had a direct debit charge of 52,900 yen with the note シンコクシヨトクゼイ. This is how I learned about the estimated tax prepayment system.

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Our timeline of getting a second-hand car in Japan

We recently bought a second-hand minivan from a Toyota dealership and in this post I’ll share our timeline. Each section will start with the time remaining until we got the car.

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Car insurance in Japan

We recently bought a second-hand minivan and in this post I’ll describe what I learned about car insurance, and our experience signing up for one.

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Caring for the land: from buying it until the construction starts

We are currently building our home in Tokyo. I wrote about our process and the costs associated with buying the land and the process of designing our house, and in this post I’ll describe how we cared for the land from the time we bought it to the time construction started.

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The price of a second-hand car in Japan

So we recently bought a second-hand minivan. I thought the price of the car will be simple: there might be some negotiation, but otherwise it should be a simple number, right? Well, it’s more complicated.

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