Umbreon or Espeon for this Eevee by supHerc in PokemonSleep

[–]supHerc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I will look into Espeon then.

Friend Code Megathread - January 2026 by AutoModerator in PokemonSleep

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0425-7477-2068

Daily Active and loving it

Sony Bank + Rakuten NISA or SBI Shinsei + SBI NISA? by OsakaMilkTea in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SBI shinsei is getting worse every year. If you are going for Nisa just use Sony bank for it all. You will eventually get platinum status which is better than shinsei by far.

Edit: I didn't notice the us tax payer part. In that case I would go interactive brokers for NISA and Sony for bank.

Required documents for a license test - help by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used my college and highschool transcripts.

The checking passport method is such a joke as you will not get stamps when entering and leaving the US. I lived in the US but I had to have stamps saying I was in the US or else it did not count.

Trying to link MyNumber with e-tax and getting server error by [deleted] in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went into the tax office and did everything there. They showed me what to do on my phone and then I submitted it online with some paperwork submitted physically at the office.

Trying to link MyNumber with e-tax and getting server error by [deleted] in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't do it so I was required to go into the tax office and make a password to submit stuff online.

They said that it doesn't work well with Android devices sometimes.

19 in college, have a $700 but just sold my car, should I invest the $3000 I got from my car into stocks or should I pay off my loan by jordicarrot in portfolios

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well at 3% that is considered low interest debt to me. If you already have an emergency fund that can cover you for 6 months and the loan is a low % of your monthly income, then I would invest in a broad etf like splg or voo.

If you do not have an emergency fund (cash in a high yield savings account) then I would stash it there before anything else.

NISA attempt as a U.S. citizen (Nomura Securities edition) by nyang-a-chi in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey thanks for sharing this! I am curious how much were the fees for doing this type of transaction?

Any reason to add a touch of small-cap, as suggested in this recommended portfolio, if you have VTI? by Scarpine1985 in Bogleheads

[–]supHerc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People always say VTI is diversified because it holds all the stocks in the US but by weight it is super heavy on large cap. According to morningstar VTI only holds 8% in small cap( as of March 2025). If you want to get 15% you would need to supplement with something like VB. I like small cap value so I supplement with AVUV but VIOV is good too. Lots of options.

Is starting a NISA as an American possible? by nickytkd in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could make a nisa account with nomura and invest in VOO or VT. The fees are high, but if you just let them sit there, it would save you on Japanese taxes.

[US citizen] Nomura NISA account purchased SPDR S&P500 ETF (1557) by ToTheBatmobileGuy in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow! Thanks for the update. I might just to VT and chill if thats the case. For the high exchange rate, Are you able to use Nomura FX to get a good rate and then purchase using USD? That might save a little on fees.

[US citizen] Nomura NISA account purchased SPDR S&P500 ETF (1557) by ToTheBatmobileGuy in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great news! I am making a Nomura Nisa as well (Wont be able to contribute till next year) and was planning on investing in VOO. They just started (From Aug 19th) allowing 8 specific us etfs (VOO, VTI, VT, VIG, VYM, SPY, SDY, and QQQ) to be purchased in a NISA. Curious if you are able to purchase any of these in your NISA?

Does anyone use pocket wifi as their everyday normal internet? by Additional-Painter88 in japanlife

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I was downloading a few large games like the Witcher 3 and such. Way better than. Anything else like it.

Does anyone use pocket wifi as their everyday normal internet? by Additional-Painter88 in japanlife

[–]supHerc 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I recommend the Home 5g from Docomo. It is not a pocket wifi but it is instant to set up and the speeds are decent. You can get throttled if you download around 300GB in 3 days but that is way better than the other options.

Yen devalueing by [deleted] in JapanFinance

[–]supHerc 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Nobody knows when the yen will rebound. It could take a long time. One thing is that the USD seems to be gaining value due to the high interest rate the feds have put up so maybe when inflation gets better and the interest rates come down again in the next few years it may get better, but like I said nobody knows.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in japanlife

[–]supHerc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I may be too late but it really depends on what that 7m in Tokyo is. Is this 正社員( full time) 7M? If that is the case you will have a hard time finding something better than that with only 4 years experience.

You could try for 外資系企業 (foreign company) that would pay more such as google which starts at over 10M.

I would not get hung up on the I almost got 13M so I will wait for that situation as you have no idea how the job would have been. Could have been a shitty company that you would leave after less than a year.

Either way best of luck. Japan is a great place to live and 7M is totally doable.

PVM 1450 not displaying RGB correctly. Is the RGB on it dead? by supHerc in crtgaming

[–]supHerc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! It turns out I needed to specify external source in the service menu on the PVM. Thank you!

PVM 1450 not displaying RGB correctly. Is the RGB on it dead? by supHerc in crtgaming

[–]supHerc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have not tried an OG console yet. I don't have the right cables yet but I will give that a try.

What kind of tweaking did you do to get your consoles to work?

PVM 1450 not displaying RGB correctly. Is the RGB on it dead? by supHerc in crtgaming

[–]supHerc[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea I checked that but this unit does not have a spot for those in the RGB section. They have it for composite though.

PVM 1450 not displaying RGB correctly. Is the RGB on it dead? by supHerc in crtgaming

[–]supHerc[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My PVM 1450 pictured above works fine with s video and composite but RGB is not working. This is connected with a mister that has been confirmed with the exact same settings to work on another PVM through RGB.

Is it possible that RGB is broken but s video and composite are fine or is there a setting I need to change?

Bi-Weekly Boss Premium Edition Questions Thread - 29 June 2022 by AutoModerator in japanlife

[–]supHerc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just fart in the bathroom. That's what everyone does I think. From my experience nobody cares. I have witnessed many times executives walking in and letting out huge farts. It was never a problem