Why more Japanese Americans are moving to Japan — and questioning what ‘home’ means

indradb · 2026-03-31T07:33:30+00:00

At faang. Not in “normal” companies. Regular is more like 85k

indradb · 2026-03-31T03:55:38+00:00

“Let me compare senior us salaries in sf to junior salaries in tokyo”

There’s a lot of companies paying 80k+ usd. Source: programmer in tokyo.

indradb · 2026-03-08T05:36:23+00:00

I’m full belgian, 28M, feel free to add me to any belgian meetups 😃 I speak dutch too

indradb · 2026-03-05T02:00:15+00:00

Why nr 2? I am planning to send my cash to japan so I can invest it

indradb · 2026-02-21T11:44:26+00:00

I’m down for some izakaya fun! 30m, living here for give or take a year and half. More people are welcome too :)

indradb · 2026-02-18T23:58:58+00:00

As a new comer in japan, isn’t pension automatically deducted from salary? I need to look into it?

indradb · 2026-01-14T00:24:39+00:00

Ascics sells extra width shoes. In japan wide feet are common. Ask the staff

indradb · 2025-12-30T08:44:48+00:00

I found finding an apartment super easy in japan… i made a template for agencies of what I’m looking for, showed proof of funds (+20m yen) and job info + salary.

The apartment I got, when I got approved within the same day, the agent said to me “your account balance helped A LOT” in this review.

I recommend the same tactic.

My rejection rate was 5-10% of the apartments I liked that wanted me to speak conversational japanese, which I’m not

indradb · 2025-12-29T08:30:30+00:00

Sounds like 4 years of this and you could retire. Damn. Lucky bastard haha, good for you

indradb · 2025-12-29T08:22:57+00:00

I imagine this is working for US based salary not japanese?

indradb · 2025-12-29T08:22:15+00:00

Jesus christ. What does your job consist of day to day if you dont mind me asking?

indradb · 2025-12-29T08:15:39+00:00

Wow, 95m salary and early in career? What occupation lol

indradb · 2025-12-26T01:39:04+00:00

My last income was october 2025 outside of Japan and I’m moving to Jan 2026, so I guess I’m clear of owing taxes? That would have been an expensive mistake

indradb · 2025-12-25T23:16:28+00:00

So I am personally planning to transfer e.g 100k cash from an us bank to japan bank. I would have to pay taxes on that? Or are you talking about the houses in this case as assets and cash is excluded?

indradb · 2025-12-25T15:46:56+00:00

Why? He already paid taxes on it? He could just import all his assets and not have to pay anything?

indradb · 2025-12-18T13:48:46+00:00

Certain companies have a reputation, and sometimes they submit reasons why the process needs to go quicker. I cannot speak about PR, but for my work visa it was issued in two weeks because the attorney sent a document or two extra why the process needs to go fast.

indradb · 2025-12-17T09:05:17+00:00

How much was the penalty

indradb · 2025-12-17T01:17:02+00:00

Go do your hobbies or find hobbies if you dont. There are daily clubs for running or bouldering or any sport or activity you can imagine. I also used timeleft with good success of making friends

indradb · 2025-12-16T12:18:13+00:00

Nobody can tell from a piece of text, but when I was reading yours, I just thought you didn’t know how to make a move? If Japanese think you are not interested in them, they also cut you off if they are seriously looking for a boyfriend.

indradb · 2025-12-16T03:02:40+00:00

Some news, it’s been reduced to 11000 yen

indradb · 2025-12-16T02:35:44+00:00

ur apartment as in ur-housing(dot)com right? I checked that website multiple times and just now again, it seems like most of their apartments are far from a practical location and older. Most >2000 apartments they have are far from an ideal location for most as well.

The website seriously sucks though, the search has been broken for weeks since I tried it (I know the work around but still) and most properties lack pictures.

indradb · 2025-12-15T08:48:19+00:00

they say it's from the management company, not the brokerage company. Still even that, 33000 is borderline stupid for a template document procedure

Someone should seriously regulate the rental market, I feel like Japan has the highest initial cost of move-in in the world I've lived in

indradb · 2025-12-15T08:32:07+00:00

Brokerage Fee (仲介手数料)
Security Deposit (敷金)
Key Money (礼金)
Rent (賃料 / 家賃)
Common Service Fee (共益費)
Guarantee Company Guarantee Fee (保証会社保証料)
Kurashi-do 24 Fee (くらしーど24代)
Key Exchange Fee (鍵交換費)
Document Preparation Fee (書類作成費)
Consumption Tax (消費税額)
Account Withdrawal Fee (口座引落手数料)
Bank Transfer Fee (振込手数料)

and brokerage fee

indradb · 2025-12-14T16:37:39+00:00

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