Editor-in-Chief, FX Textbook
RYO
Thirteen years editing financial and economic media; oversees the quality of every article as editor-in-chief.
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Financial Compliance Specialist and Reviewer
SHIN
Comes from the compliance division of a financial products company; covers and reviews articles on safety, tax and risk disclosure.
Career
- 2011
- Joined the compliance division of a financial products company, reviewing disclosures, internal approvals and risk explanations
- 2022
- Went independent as a specialist checking financial content for accuracy and correct regulatory descriptions
- Now
- Covers and reviews safety, tax and risk-disclosure articles at FX Textbook
Qualifications
- Chartered Member of the Securities Analysts Association of Japan (CMA)
- Certified Skilled Worker of Financial Planning, Grade 2 (Japan)
Track record
- Reviewed more than 180 pieces of financial content
- Specialises in checking forex risk explanations, trading conditions and regulatory descriptions
Areas of expertise
Broker safety and scam claims / Forex and crypto tax / Financial regulation / Risk disclosure
What guides their writing
Points that investors commonly misread come first, and explanations of rules and risks are checked for gaps.
ARTICLES
Articles by SHIN (32)
These articles are checked by editor-in-chief RYO for sources, review dates and risk disclosures.
- HFM (formerly HotForex) review 2026: accounts, bonus terms and withdrawal rules checked against official sources
- Offshore Forex Tax in Japan: Rates Up to 55%, Aggregate Taxation vs Domestic FX
- Offshore Forex Tax Return in Japan: When Is It Required? Thresholds and Steps
- Is Offshore Forex Illegal? FSA Warnings and Unregistered Operators Explained [2026]
- AXIORY review: safety, account types and gold leverage up to 1:2000, from official information
- Monaxa review and reputation: safety, account types and bonuses from official sources
- INFINOX review and reputation: safety, account types and IX Social from official sources
- XS review and reputation: safety, account types and leverage from official sources
- Axi review and reputation: safety, account types and copy trading from official sources
- DecodeFX review and safety: operator, licence and Japan's FSA notice
- Exness review 2026: is it a scam? Company details, safety and withdrawal rules
- Vantage Trading review and safety: operator, FSA notices and zero cut
- Is Axi a Scam? Withdrawal Refusal Rumours Checked Against Official Sources: Operator, Regulation and Withdrawal Rules
- Is Monaxa a Scam? Withdrawal Rumours vs Official Facts: Mauritius FSC and Japan FSA
- Is AXIORY a Scam? Withdrawal Rumours vs Official Sources: Belize FSC, Zero-Cut, FSA Listing
- Is HFM a Scam? How to Spot Fake HFM Sites and Why Withdrawals Get Refused
- Is XMTrading a Scam or Legit? Operating Entity, Regulation, Fund Handling and Withdrawal Facts (2026)
- Tax basics for profits made on overseas exchanges
- How to assess an exchange's safety
- Ethereum tax in Japan: from what profit, rates, and how to calculate trades, swaps and staking rewards
- MEXC review and safety: where it is based, whether Japanese users can trade, and what official sources confirm
- IZAKA-YA withdrawals blocked? Japan's FSA warning, the timeline and what to do now
- When does Japan's 20% crypto tax start? Separate taxation timeline, the FIEA amendment and overseas exchanges
- How much crypto profit is taxed in Japan? The ¥200,000 rule and tax-rate table
- Are overseas exchange crypto gains reported to Japan's tax office? CARF (from 2026) and audits
- Bybit and Bitget leaving Japan: withdrawal deadlines and forced-liquidation schedule
- Can Japanese residents use BingX? FSA warning status, restricted regions, operator info
- JPYC and your tax return: how an electronic payment instrument is taxed, and what to watch when exchanging it for crypto or trading it off ¥1
- 8 Legal Ways to Reduce Crypto Tax in Japan: Is Just Holding Tax-Free? When Gains Are Taxed and How to Lower Your Tax Legally (Overseas Exchanges Included)
- How to file a tax return for crypto profit on overseas exchanges: gain/loss calculation (total-average and moving-average methods), the NTA's calculation sheet, and how to pay
- Can crypto losses be carried forward? Loss-offsetting rules (miscellaneous income only) and the 3-year carryforward after separate taxation
- Can't send crypto from a Japanese exchange to an overseas exchange? How the travel rule and destination lists (MEXC, BingX) work
MEMBERS
Team members
Forex Editor
MIO
An editor who has compared trading conditions and tools at more than 20 forex brokers; covers broker comparisons and beginner guides.
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Full-time Forex Trader
AKI
A full-time trader with ten years of forex experience; covers technical analysis, money management and stop-loss discipline.
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Former Bank Markets Professional, FX Commentator
NZ
A former banker who worked on corporate FX hedging in a Japanese bank's markets division; covers how forex works, interest rates and central banks.
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FX Market Analyst
TAGUCHI
An analyst who has covered economic indicators and monetary policy at a financial information company; covers indicators, the FOMC and the Bank of Japan.
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Quant and Automated Trading Researcher
REN
An engineer who has backtested more than 450 trading rules; covers EAs, copy trading and trading costs.
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