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• 老後3
• 2025/08/18 (Mon) 19:42
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Since you are asking about IRA/Roth IRAs, not Annuity, ？
then you can only accumulate in the years when you or your spouse has earned income.

• SS?
• mail
• 2025/08/19 (Tue) 18:08
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If the private pension you are talking about is really a private pension, it would be best to contact the company.
If it is a social security benefit, the details will vary depending on your age, credit, etc. Please contact the company at https://www.ssa.gov/で調べるのが確実です.

• annuity
• 2025/08/19 (Tue) 20:29
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I guess it doesn't matter if you are gainfully employed or unemployed to join ANNUITY ？ Whether you have the funds to accumulate or to deposit a lump sum.

• Kakaakochan
• 2025/06/08 (Sun) 02:33
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From your writing, you are gay.

• 田島
• mail
• 2025/06/12 (Thu) 15:04
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Certainly, in the news from Japan,
"A man is killed by a woman he doesn't know..." and
"A male employee at a nursing home..." "A male employee at a nursing home..." etc. There are many crimes committed by "men" in Japan. But it is precisely in times like these that
I hope you will remember to be yourself and live your life with dignity.

• 倍金萬
• 2025/05/21 (Wed) 13:07
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Is this what you call an electric hair removal machine?

Alexandrite Laser hair removal machines

Please google the above English text. This would be like putting one of your shoes in a travel bag.

Maybe, the voltage difference between 100V (J) and 120V (US) can be ignored.
However, if it is a 120V product, it might work a little slower in Japan. It is a little.

I checked amazon, there are many manufacturers.

• 毛毛毛
• 2025/05/22 (Thu) 09:54
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Sorry, I was going to delete the topic because there were no responses, but I couldn't get it to go away.

I'm thinking of buying an epilator called Ulike. I'm in disbelief because I haven't received any response to my inquiries from Ulike in either Japan or the US, but with Amazon, it's https://a.co/d/alCYhV7です.

I think it would be a good idea to buy it over here and bring it to Japan, but I really want to keep it to only children's textbooks to bring back home. I don't think there is any mention of voltage, but maybe I am just not good at reading.

• .倍金萬
• 2025/08/17 (Sun) 20:18
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Mao Mao,

＞ Buy it here and bring it to Japan

Voltage in Japanese homes ： 100 Volt: East Japan ： 50 hz West Japan ： 60 hz

Local ： 120 (110) Volt: 60 hz

The demonstration video on Amazon.com shows a thin white cord leading to the main unit. This means that the AC outlet (120VAC) on the wall of the room is dropped to about 12VAC (or rectified to 12VDC), a low voltage to avoid electric shock, through a small transformer. In other words, even if you pick up and hold the main unit once it is immersed in water at worst, it should be designed so that you will not get electric shock.

Therefore, it can be used with either 100 volts in Japan or 110V ～ 120V in our area without any problem. If by any chance you are electrocuted by using this device, please pass the funeral expenses on to me. :)

• だじゃればなし
• 2025/06/04 (Wed) 20:56
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Really, rents in Los Angeles have been rising year after year ！ Looking at 2025 rent prices, for example, a one-bedroom apartment in Santa Monica is priced at about $3,250, in Koreatown about $2,500, and in Torrance about $2,300. There are considerable differences by area, but the overall trend seems to be one of rising prices. If rents continue to rise at this rate, it will become increasingly difficult to choose where to live …. What area do you live in and how much is your rent ？ Also, are many of you considering sharing a room to save money ？?

• socal777
• mail
• 2025/06/05 (Thu) 10:34
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Property prices （ on Zillow and other places ） are rising quite a bit right now, but many of you have been living in your current places for a long time ？ and are getting much cheaper rents thanks to rent control. I mean, moving now would be quite expensive,...

• ふしぎなTorrancee
• 2025/06/05 (Thu) 16:52
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Certainly, the rental market in Torrance is quite inflated, with sites such as Zillow showing current rental prices in the $ 2,100 to $ 4,800 range, especially for larger properties and in popular areas.

In many cases, those who live in properties where rent control is applied are able to pay relatively low rents, but if they were to move to a new place, they would have to pay rent in line with current market prices, which would be a big burden.

• UZAI
• 2025/06/05 (Thu) 20:02
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For more information on future market trends, we recommend checking the latest rental information ！ How do you feel about your current rent ？ too high ？ or still acceptable ？.

• Ｙｅｌｌｏｗｂａｓｅ
• 2025/06/06 (Fri) 09:37
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For families, you need a room for the kids...for teenager boys and girls, they can't share a room
3BD must...the more bedrooms you have, the more the rent goes up....

• Unicorn
• 2025/08/12 (Tue) 02:36
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Can't you just tell the house that you can't eat it and say no ？?

• FT
• 2025/08/12 (Tue) 09:06
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As Unicorn said, if you can't say no to your family, there is a community-based group called Buy Nothing Hawaii where you can donate canned goods.

• 名無し
• 2025/08/14 (Thu) 13:18
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McCully, there is a food donation container at Oliver Baptist Church, but
it looks like you can only drop it off on Sundays during services.

Please contact Oliver Baptist Church.

You should not refuse. It is a favor, and if you refuse, there will be bad rumors.

• Pom
• 2025/08/13 (Wed) 20:02
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Have you just moved to Hawaii ？ There are free activities at state managed parks and pools ！
Just next week at 5pm is when the Fall program starts rolling, and the popular ones will be on waitinglist if they don't roll soon.
The website will be updated with the latest information. Website is pros.hnl.info.
I don't think there is one in Waikiki. The closest is McCully or Kaimuki ？.

• Pom
• 2025/08/13 (Wed) 20:12
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I added a few explanations that were a little lacking.
Open the Website, select Your Parks and choose View Activities.
There are many parks, but not all of them have activities.
This may be a little confusing, so if you have any questions, please post them again before the enrollment starts.

• Martha57
• 2025/08/06 (Wed) 08:43
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After the photos are taken and stored on the phone, can the album be thrown away directly into a regular trash bin?

• 📷️
• 2025/08/06 (Wed) 17:55
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I have removed the photos as cleanly as possible and saved them in case you want to see them. It certainly tears well.
I threw away the album because it was bulky. I put it in the trash as usual. It is the same as throwing away books.

• Martha57
• 2025/08/08 (Fri) 09:47
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Thank you very much.

• 倍金萬
• 2025/08/08 (Fri) 10:33
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I still have the photo album I got when I graduated from elementary school.

This was the era of black and white photos, of course, including junior high school ones. Oh no, I miss them all.

A little before the baby boom, but there were many students in one class ！

About 60 students.

All of them were born a year before the end of the war, but there were very few classrooms.

My father was drafted into the army, but his family was rich and he had a car license, which was rare in those days, or

he was assigned to the automobile corps in Japan. Thus, it seems that he was not likely to die in the open.

And I am still alive here in the farthest land. I am in good health.

Though I am getting dim.

• Dee
• 2025/08/08 (Fri) 11:27
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Google PhotoScan
Mucrosoft Lens

• Pooh
• 2025/08/06 (Wed) 17:42
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Since RealID was created this year, I don't think you can use kamaaina from two different states. But you can look at the government website and inquire if it's not possible.

• kamanaina
• 2025/08/06 (Wed) 17:57
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I tried the same thing in June as I was on summer vacation and visiting another house in Hawaii from Seattle, but to no avail.
I was clearly told that the kamaaina discount is only for Hawaii residents and not for people from other countries or states.
I was also told that the most recent proof of residence document is not acceptable, and that they have become even stricter this year.

• ニューヨーカー
• 2025/08/13 (Wed) 18:48
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#4 kamanaina

I also have a vacation home in Hawaii and my residence is in NY.
My driver's license is still in NY, but I recently obtained a Hawaii ID because it is convenient.

If you have a vacation home, you can easily get proof of residency ？ ？ ？
There are plenty of documents to show HOA fees, property taxes, utilities, internet, etc. ？ ？ ？ Or maybe there is no payment in your name at all. ？

It is difficult to get an ID without a statement in your name even if you are a Hawaii resident, as is the case everywhere in the US.

• こーの字
• 2025/08/13 (Wed) 19:23
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Since you said it was other than a driver's license, the State ID information is below.
#6 New Yorker may have obtained it here.
You can check the required documents yourself.
There is also Limited Purpose State Identification which cannot be used as Real ID.
This may be enough for the Kamaaina discount
https://www.honolulu.gov/csd/state-id/

• ニューヨーカー
• 2025/08/14 (Thu) 05:00
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#7 Koji

You are right. You can only get just State ID.
You cannot get a double ID because you already have a Real ID for your NY driver's license.

If you don't live in Hawaii and own a vacation home, property tax is also very expensive.
I pay a lot of tax to Hawaii, so it's natural to get at least State ID.

• dobon
• 2025/03/25 (Tue) 22:12
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I usually make money
I wonder what will happen with Trump
We need to be careful
Times when the dollar could be a piece of paper

• dobon
• 2025/03/25 (Tue) 22:17
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The US is in no condition to pay its own debt
I guess they are after the assets Japan has.

• dobon
• 2025/03/27 (Thu) 23:37
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What the US is most afraid of is
Japan leading Asia.

• タパテオ
• 2025/03/28 (Fri) 04:21
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I see that you all are building various assets ～ I am learning a lot
What sources do you use to make informed decisions when buying stocks and cryptos ？
There is so much information on social networking sites and youtube.
Please let us know.

• タパテオ
• 2025/03/28 (Fri) 04:29
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The US has to pay back a quarter of its national debt （ in the next 6 months, and the amount is so huge that it can't pay it
so it has to borrow again
so it wants to borrow again when interest rates are a little lower and Trump is doing all kinds of things to slow down the economy. is slowing down the economy by imposing tariffs and other measures. One economic analyst said.