There are loads of woodworking resources to help you online with this, but I use two double-sided Japanese wetstones in 1000/4000 and 3000/8000 with a Robert Larson honing guide for this2.

There's also the HIREI group that meets the first Thursday evening of every month at the Japanese Cultural Center on Beretania Street.

Expat from Japan here to study Japanese for a year earning an Associates Degree for a better chance at citizenship in Tokyo5.

Hi @Elliot Kelley,Although I don't have any experience in IC, I do have a bit of experience with duplexes in at least one Iowa college town (and before any assumptions are made, I grew up in CR and went to UofI for a Japanese major, so I was a Hawkeye first!) 

The tenant score is impeccable as you note and she is not indebted to anyone except a Japanese car manufacturer, for a three year old compact car; a sensible choice for a retired librarian.

The US government doesn't need the Chinese or Japanese to purchase our national debt.

They are efficient and don't take up floor space, They are Fitsibishi or some Japanese name that starts with an F.

Moneypenny, I wouldn't rather buy a Honda or Toyota, I would rather buy American, if they had the longevity and the reliability of the Japanese vehicles.

That being said, my wife is Japanese, and the culture of Japan is save save save.

If I understand your ask correctly, you're wondering about your ability to borrow from Japanese lenders against properties in Japan?