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Where there’s a Will, there’s not always a way in Japan. For the unsuspecting, risks and dangers lurk in the shadows of Japan’s unique inheritance system. These fictional short stories illuminate the real-life system’s inner workings in an easy-to-understand format. A revealing, entertaining window into a rarely seen corner of modern Japanese life. The protagonists represent a cross-section of modern Japan (urban and rural, suburban and expat). What links them all is how they confront the inheritance system's unexpected risks and deal with them in equally unexpected ways. (Earlier ...

Updated and Revised THIRD EDITION An eye-opening, informative guide for the adventure of growing old in Japan. Are you aware of the risks lurking behind the Japanese inheritance system? Under the new rules, do you qualify for a Japanese pension after all? Do you know how to minimize your Japanese health care costs? Can you navigate the maze of senior housing options? What can make a Japanese will invalid? Discover all this and much, much more in this practical, easy-to-follow guide that details the specific paperwork and vocabulary you need to know. Learn what to expect, what to watch out ...

Updated and Revised Third Edition A Reliable Road Map for Your Self-Publishing Journey Make your publishing dreams a reality with this detailed blueprint for launching e-books and English and Japanese-language paperbacks on Amazon. This candid, humorous account includes: specific, concrete advice for Japan-based self-publishers and a glossary of Japanese and English publishing terms.

Innocence Blake needs a mentor. Fate provides Irving Burns and his casebook. He's spent four decades in Japan and, oh, the cases he's seen. The series traces their humorous and heartwarming friendship over the course of three years and takes them from Yokohama and Mt. Fuji to the Zen temples of Kamakura and snowy Sapporo. The trilogy includes Thursdays in Yokohama, Fridays in Kamakura and Saturdays in Sapporo.