I recently had a reader, Luke, e-mail me with a question about opening up a joint bank account in Japan since he is English and his wife is Japanese. Luke and I got to talking and I quickly realized he had a fascinating story that I needed to share. On a whim, he left his [...]
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Interview with an English Filmmaker Living in Kyoto, Married to a Japanese Woman, and Living a Dream
How to Save for Retirement While Working Abroad
*Update 5/24/2010* A reader recently e-mailed me and told me about her troubles opening up an account with Vanguard since she was a foreigner working in Singpaore. It appears it is incredibly difficult for Americans who live abroad to open taxable accounts with brokerages and banks. I’ll be updating this topic this week with new [...]
A Guide to Traveling Internationally with Credit Cards
The following is a guest post by Kevin Fleming. Kevin runs CreditShout, a personal finance blog dedicated to educating people on how to manage their finances and reviewing the best credit cards. College students who travel abroad often bring credit cards along with them in order to easily facilitate their overseas transactions. If you fit [...]
Reader Question: Roth & U.S. Taxes While Working Abroad
The other day I received a question from a reader, Jack, on my 5 Minute Intro to Roth IRAs video post. Jack asked: A question for those of us abroad, or rather a request for clarification: I was of the belief that foreign-earned income which qualifies for the foreign-earned income exclusion cannot be used for [...]
Interview with an ESL teacher in South Korea
As some of you know, I’ve been teaching English in Japan for 6 months now. Teaching English abroad is a popular post-college choice for many grads and I believe many more people should learn about the opportunities that are out there. I recently had the opportunity to interview my cousin and friend, Travis Lueth, who [...]
Daily Life of an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan
I’m currently an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) through the JET Program. I work at a Japanese junior high in a small town in western Fukui, about a two hour train ride from Kyoto. I didn’t even know this job existed until two years ago. It’s unfortunate that so many jobs and professions can be overlooked [...]
Paid to Travel the World and Other Reasons Teaching English Abroad Has Taken Off
An old friend from high school recently contacted me and asked for advice and information on teaching English abroad, or ESL (English as a Second Language). One sentence in her message caused me to take a second and think: “for some reason teaching abroad seems to be very popular lately” I had never thought about [...]
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Hi, my name's Austin Morgan. I teach English in Japan and write about money for twenty-somethings. Feel free to contact me with any questions and I hope you enjoy the site!
