You have identified yourself as an expat living in Japan. You haven’t said what your nationality is, but I’m guessing (partly by your impatience) that you’re an American. If that is the case, you will find (if you haven’t found out already) that you are not welcome at most of the brokers in the world.
The attitude of those brokers can be characterized this way:
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You’re an American. Go away. We don’t want anything to do with you. It’s nothing personal.
It just has to do with the threats, the intimidation, and the endless reporting directed at us
by your government. -
We don’t care that you live in Japan. We wouldn’t care if you lived here in our country.
We just don’t want to be bothered with you. So, go away.
If this describes your situation, then you might find our Offshore Broker List to be a good place to start your search for a broker who will welcome you.
We have been working on this List for 10 years. All of our findings are summarized in the first 5 posts in our thread. Five of the brokers we have vetted have been designated as Trusted Brokers. You can learn all about that designation by following a few links in post #1.
Our Offshore Broker List is a starting point for the due diligence that only you can do for yourself
in screening, sifting, and vetting the brokers you choose to investigate.