Japanese Shareholder Benefits
In Japan, there is a system called “shareholder benefits” where investors can receive various perks by holding stocks. These benefits are provided separately from dividends and often include items such as food, daily necessities, and dining coupons, making them popular among individual investors.
I have been investing in stocks for a long time and have owned several stocks specifically for their shareholder benefits. I have actually received these benefits and used them in my daily life. In this post, I have organized my reviews based on the shareholder benefits I have personally received, focusing on my experiences with the ones I found useful.
Criteria for Choosing Shareholder Benefits
When I buy stocks, I have several criteria in mind, but when it comes to shareholder benefits, I tend to use relatively simple standards.
I mainly focus on whether I will actually use the benefits regularly, whether they help reduce daily expenses, and whether I would want to receive them again.
Even if a benefit looks attractive, it has little value if I do not actually use it, so I place the most importance on whether it can be naturally used in everyday life.
Japanese Shareholder Benefits: Daily Necessities
I believe that daily necessities are the most useful in everyday life. They help reduce living expenses and are essential since they are used every day.
Personally, among the shareholder benefits I have received, those related to daily necessities have given me the highest level of satisfaction. There are even some stocks that I continue to hold without selling in order to keep receiving these benefits.
Japanese Shareholder Benefits: Food
Food is an essential part of daily life. Even when purchasing it directly, it usually does not require a large amount of money, but the fact that you can enjoy meals or snacks just by holding stocks feels very appealing.
In particular, the food received through shareholder benefits can be an opportunity to try products you might not normally choose, and it also adds a small sense of enjoyment to everyday life.
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