Ben Tanaka can still vividly remember the catalyst that caused him to launch his RetireJapan website in 2013.
"The specific incident that caused me to register the domain and write the first blog post was a conversation with a friend of mine," he recalls. "He had entrusted his retirement savings to a company in Tokyo and, after talking to him about the details, I was furious. I went home and set up the site that very evening."
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