Contrepoint / Contrepoint / 対位法
Links to useful websites, organizations, book recommendations
(fiction and non-fiction about life after retirement), and other sources of information.
1. Retire Japan: Personal finance for residents of Japan https://www.retirejapan.com/forum/
2. Planning Retirement for Teachers (David Juteau) https://padlet.com/juteauenglishonline/70k19b2tcr70tas7
3. https://sites.google.com/view/hokkaidomsc/home?authuser=0
4. Japan Association of Intercultural Families Kokusaikazoku (Japanese only) https://www.kokusaikazoku.com
5. Tsumugu House, Takarazuka, and the wider home hospice network. All in Japanese, but might be useful for those interested:
https://zaitakuhospice.jp/program/trainee/269/
https://www.tsumuguhouse.com/%E3%81%94%E5%88%A9%E7%94%A8%E6%A1%88%E5%86%85/
https://blog.canpan.info/nfkouhou/archive/694
6. Tokyo Life website: https://thetokyolife.jp/
7. Various useful resources: https://padlet.com/NmkBclil/9n9tv7and1pwga9t
8. Infos Locales au Japon (Local information in Japan) https://www.infoslocalesaujapon.org/
9. Making a Living Will/エンディング ノート event's notes and slides:
*Notes about making a living will (pdf)
**Additional Notes on Ending Note (June 20, 2024)
10. This is an interesting and very clearly written article on how to make a will with a notary public:
https://www.retirejapan.com/blog/making-a-will-in-japan/
13. Lifelong Learning and Retiring Retirement Stereotypes
Steve McCarty https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365838087
14. British expats in Japan https://www.facebook.com/groups/365882144116078
15. Kyoto expats and internationals https://www.facebook.com/groups/KyotoExpatsInternationals
16. Dual Nationality in Japan: Learning to Love Ambiguity by Steve McCarty: https://works.hcommons.org/records/rxazv-9g447
17. Steve McCarty's publication link on bilingualism: https://japanned.hcommons.org/bilingualism
18. The International Resident's Ending Note: https://mediatinker.com/product/ending-note-bundle/
19. Certified Hearing Specialist Store in Japanese only. www5.techno-aids.or.jp/shop/map.php
A Certified Hearing Aid Specialist Store is a hearing aid retailer that has been certified by the Technos Aid Association, a public interest incorporated foundation. This certification is based on an application from the retailer. It confirms that the store's hearing aid sales operations comply with the “Certified Hearing Aid Specialist Store Business Operation Standards” established by the Association. These standards define the requirements that must be met to ensure the proper sale of hearing aids. The certified store is then registered in the Association's Certified Hearing Aid Specialist Store Registry and issued a certificate of certification. These operational standards are established following deliberation by the Hearing Aid Council, composed of experts from various fields related to hearing aids. Furthermore, the accreditation of Certified Hearing Aid Specialty Stores is conducted based on the Council's recommendations.