How much money do you need to retire in Japan?

If you live in Japan or are thinking of doing so in the future, you might want to think about how you are going to pay your expenses in retirement...

Do you know your 'number'? How much will you need to live in retirement in Japan? How much are you likely to get in pension income? And will it be enough?
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Blog post on this topic: https://www.retirejapan.com/blog/how-...

Article about renting in retirement: https://catforehead.com/2023/07/03/de...

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00:00 How much money do you need to retire in Japan?
00:50 The shocking Japanese government report about retirement
02:12 Trying to estimate spending in retirement
03:01 How to actually work out how much you need to retire in Japan
04:20 Estimating spending in retirement in Japan
06:29 Housing costs in Japan (and not being able to rent in retirement!)
06:57 pension income in retirement in Japan
09:07 what if your pension isn't enough?
09:39 using savings and investments for retirement
10:08 safe withdrawal rates (the 4% rule)
11:50 plans are useless
12:37 what is our plan?
15:56 how about you?

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