And what if something goes wrong once they are back on home soil?

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Maybe, back home, a fire alarm goes off and he does not wake, or maybe, at ten months, you notice that your baby will not look you in the eye.

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If an expat has a business and it goes belly-up, then they can walk away, go back home or to another country.

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The good news is that the interest goes back into your account and the payments for a loan used to buy a home can often be spread over a longer time period than a regular loan.

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The story goes that back in 1925, a Japanese businessman named Tetsuma Akaboshi procured 400 bass from California and smuggled them into his home country, dumping the fingerlings into Lake Ashinoko, not far from Tokyo.

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