taguchi 0 Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Anyone on here able for voting in todays election? Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 do you have to vote in Japan? Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 No, but I influenced my wifes vote ;-) Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Guess voter turnout around Tokyo will be low this afternoon. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 TOKYO, Sept 11 - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's long-ruling party won a landslide victory in Sunday's election for parliament's lower house, TV exit polls showed, a stunning win that will tighten the U.S. ally's grip on power and give him a broad mandate for market-friendly reform. An exit poll by public broadcaster NHK showed the Liberal Democratic Party, which has been governing in coalition, would win between 285 and 325 seats in the 480-seat chamber. Link to post Share on other sites
lin 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 So did he win then? Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Er yep. At least some of the noise pollution will stop now. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 My hope and belief that Koizumi was a finished force was er, completely wrong. Rats! I hope he doesn't do a GWB and take it as a mandate for rampant militarism. I'm looking forward to the day when I can actually go into a Post Office in Japan and not cause several people to have fits when I ask to send a parcel to the UK. I wonder if Koizumi's reform will resolve that issue for me... I can't vote here, although I can in England. I pay taxes here, although not in England. There's something a bit messed up about that. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Maybe they saw you coming, and said: "Hmm, we'll let this one pay tax, but definitely not influence our politics"? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 im just sad that the same party has one yet again. won because it controls the media like a pawn. the ldp will do anything to stay in power. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 isn't it good they're selling the postal system though? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Girlfriend thought so. She normally votes for the opposition, this time she voted for the privatisation policy. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 selling it to who? its one thing to split the bank and the mail services but its another to privatise it all. Kozumi figures that the other banks will get the money thus force investment back into Japan. The problem is people still remember getting burned large after the bubble. Thus someone at 55 years of age is not gonna invest his hard earned moeny when he is so close to retirement. Reform means a samller government. reform means that the government takes a paycut. reform means that poeple who steal taxpayers money go to jail or have to pay it back. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Good article here about japan and the post office privitisation. It's about time they got some of that 3.6 trillion dollars in the postal savings pool and invested it in things other than gavt bond that pay pittance. Think of all those silly people that have their money in the post office, with it decreasing every year in value.. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I am one of those silly people... I have never touched my money in the post office. My mom said I had to move my money somewhere else. I'm good at saving money but not good at money game. I have no idea where to move... Foreign currency saving? SRI?? Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Japanese are supposedly the best savers in the world! and i don't doubt that! But how much is the post office paying you in interest slow? Inflation (very low here) over a long time will eat your money up. You could go for other countries govt bonds, shares, managed funds (equities/property etc). If you have no idea, managed funds are a good starting ground and you can invest smaller regular amounts. If ya have any Q's send me a PM! Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Japanese people are averse to risk. They don't realize that what actually happens to their money in the Post Office in fact is worse than the risk they want to avoid. I've been trying to get my risk averse wife to recognize this... Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Indosnm, interest wasn't so bad untill 7years ago, like between 4 and 2 percent or so. But after that the interest is almost Zero! Are you good at money, Indosnm? I thought Markie was good, too. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Slow I try to shoot for about a 10% + annual return. It all boils down to your risk profile. Am I good with money? well, trying to be! I'm studying now to be a FP. If I can "retire" or work just for fun in 15 years then I guess I will have been successful! Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 10 percent!! That's impossible in Japan, isn't it? I want to use my money for something good. What do you think of SRI, Indosnm? Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Don't worry slow, if you are getting 10%, you are in a very very small minority of people. Good luck! It seems you need it over there. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 slow, what SRI are you thinking about? Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 15, 2005 Share Posted September 15, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by slow: 10 percent!! That's impossible in Japan, isn't it? I want to use my money for something good. What do you think of SRI, Indosnm? Slow, 10% might be impossible in a bank (in any country) but on the stock market thats a pretty conservative return. It's acheivable in Japan. Australia's market has had a great past few years. Since last year one of my portfolio'S has seen a 52% increase in value (not including divs) SRI'S to be honest I haven't really looked into them a great deal, sounds like O11 is your man there! Link to post Share on other sites
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