Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:

> Did you need a Japanese guarantor

Yes (my father-in-law). I don't think it was because I'm a gauguin, though.
Isn't it standard for Japanese banks to require a guarantor, even for native
Japanese?

> Or did they do a lot of
> paperwork in your wife's name?

The house is jointly-owned, and the loan is made out to both of us. The
paperwork is all signed by and made out to both of us.

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John
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