Our Mission

At Prosper Japan, we are committed to providing the best possible free content to our readers.

Therefore, in order to provide valuable reviews of as many products and services as possible, we may:

Receive commissions and incentives when you click the links on Prosper Japan and make purchases from the linked third-party sites. See Affiliate Links for details.
Receive free samples and other free items in exchange for reviewing these items on Prosper Japan. See Free Samples for details.

Honest Reviews

Prosper Japan does not accept compensation in exchange for the promise of a positive review. Therefore, all opinions on this site, whether negative, positive, or neutral, are our own.

Financial Independence

Unless otherwise stated, Prosper Japan has no direct or meaningful financial interest in any of the products or services reviewed on this site, other than off-the-shelf investments through mutual funds, ETFs, etc.

Affiliate Links

What is an affiliate link?

Prosper Japan contains many links to websites that are owned or operated by third parties.

The third-party links on this site may be “affiliate links.” If you click on an affiliate link and place an order with the owner of the external site, we may receive a commission, special discount, or other benefit(s). This is our reward for referring you to that site.

How will I know if I am clicking on an affiliate link?

If you click a link and the top-level domain of the destination site is not prosperjapan.com, you have clicked on a third-party link.

You should assume that any third-party link on this page is an affiliate link.

As our affiliate relationships grow, we may edit previously published posts to add new affiliate links or to change old links to links with affiliate functionality.

Why do you use affiliate links?

The commissions and incentives from affiliate relationships help us to keep the site up and running. For example, they may pay for the cost of products to review or web hosting. Additionally, they allow us to earn some tangible benefits from this project.

We are committed to offering in-depth content for expats in Japan that cannot be found anywhere else on the net. As such, we spend a lot of time researching and publishing our posts. Commissions compensate us for the hard work that goes into this process. Most importantly, they motivate us to keep the lights on and let us know that we are introducing you to products that you really love!

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Free Samples

On occasion, Prosper Japan may publish reviews of products or services that we have not purchased. For instance, a company may offer to send us a free product in exchange for a review on our site. In this case, we may agree to this proposal.

Why do you accept free samples?

Some sites promise never to review free samples. However, we believe that a similar policy would be a disservice to you, our readers. For instance, we do not have the financial resources to purchase all of the products and services that you want to hear about. More importantly, there are many entrepreneurs working on exciting new projects. It is easier for them to find us than it is for us to find them!

How will I know if a post relates to a free sample?

Whenever we receive a free product or service in exchange for a commitment to publish a review, we will include the following text at the bottom of the post:

The product or service reviewed in this post was a free sample. We received this free sample in exchange for our commitment to publish a review, but we made no promises about the content of the review. Therefore, all opinions in this post, whether negative, positive, or neutral, are our own.

If the review post for a product or service does not contain this disclosure, Prosper Japan has either paid for the product or service using the typical customer purchasing channels, has not made any purchases or received any products or services, or has obtained or used the product or service without payment as a neutral third party via channels available to the general public.

Affiliate Disclosure