21 Sep 2025
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| #japan
We had our first child 1.5 year ago in Japan, and she started nursery about a year ago. Now that we are expecting our second kid, it is becoming painfully clear how hard the Japanese system is for working mothers who want to have more than one child. This was especially surprising for me, since the declining birthrate has been a major issue for Japan for decades, and all levels of government is trying to solve it, but still the end result is a system that pushes mothers to choose between career or multiple kids.
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20 Sep 2025
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| #japan
We went through finding a nursery for our then 8 months old daughter last year, but I haven’t wrote about it yet, so here it goes.
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06 Sep 2025
| #housing
| #tax
| #money
| #japan
We bought a land in Tokyo in May last year and are currently building a house. A few weeks ago (about 1 year 3 months since buying the land) I received a letter from the Tokyo tax office titled 不動産取得税の申告, Real estate acquisition tax return. But I’m already paying property tax (固定資産税) to my local city every year, so what’s this then?
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06 Sep 2025
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| #japan
We are building our house in Tokyo. Previously there was an old house on this land with a garden. That house was taken down and the land got split into two (very common in Tokyo). Somehow the other land got to keep the original address, which meant we had to get a new one.
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27 Aug 2025
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| #tax
| #money
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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