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Re:Daisugi, the 600-year-old Japanese technique of growing t... by hparadiz on Thursday April 29, 2021 @02:47AM (#26978124)
It's a great place to retire in my opinion. They are happy to give you a retirement visa if you have half a million in the bank. Japan can be a cheap, high quality, and very respectful place to be if you're a senior.
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Re:Daisugi, the 600-year-old Japanese technique of growing t... by nly on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:42AM (#26978428)
Why would a country with an aging population want more retirees?
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Re:Daisugi, the 600-year-old Japanese technique of growing t... by bildung on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:14AM (#26978593)
If the retiree brings his/her own pension, how could this be detrimental? An economy isn't production alone, there have to be consumers, too. Importing affluent retirees is essentially propping up domestic demand.
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Re:Daisugi, the 600-year-old Japanese technique of growing t... by philliphaydon on Thursday April 29, 2021 @04:19AM (#26978625)
I'm bias as I'm a Kiwi and my wife is Taiwanese, but my top picks for retirement based on everywhere I've traveled is NZ or Taiwan.
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Re:Daisugi, the 600-year-old Japanese technique of growing t... by cdavid on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:17AM (#26978282)
The health system is fairly inhuman though, especially if you can't speak Japanese fluently
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Re:Daisugi, the 600-year-old Japanese technique of growing t... by adrianN on Thursday April 29, 2021 @03:34AM (#26978372)
Do you have a link for the retirement visa process? This is the first time I hear about it.
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