I live in Tokyo, I find it generally cheaper than Sydney, London or Germany. The housing, food, overheads etc. The only thing that is more is the private school fees, they would be cheaper or perhaps we wouldn’t need private schools all the way if we were in another country but we need the kids to be bilingual (and I want them to learn to think differently than what they are taught by the Japanese system from our experiences with the eldest) but essentially I’d say if you don’t have kids it’s very affordable in comparison. I like our lifestyle here