The Expat’s Guide to Growing Old in Japan: What You Need to Know by Wm Penn Forest River Press ISBN: 4-9024-2232-8 Paperback; 133 pp In the last 30 years or so, with more and more Japanese saying “no thanks” to having children, or even marrying, the Japanese government has cracked open the immigration door bit by bit. The obvious result is more and more foreigners in Japan, and now the time has come that an increasing number of these foreigners are beginning to retire in The Land of the Rising Sun. While living in a foreign country can be full of challenges, retiring in a foreign country contains even more pitfalls and hazards. Wm. (short for Wilhelmina) Penn, who “has been growing old in Japan since 1973,” has written a short but resource-full book to help the expat who is growing old, and more specifically retiring and even planning for life beyond earth. After a 40-year lull, Japan’s government made a series of changes in 2018 concerning wills, inheritances, retirement homes, pensions and the like. Penn’s book would already be out of date had it been written just one or two years earlier. While the book can be read straight […]
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