10 reasons you should NOT move to Japan

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[MissiBoo]

Bless you for the last comment you made on this video 🤗 I had a lump in my throat. Loving the green screen ☺️

[vedden]

that lightning strike caught me off guard LOL

[brianatkinson]

I lived in Japan twice (Okinawa early 80's, Northern Mainland early 90's). It's like it's what you make of it. The early 80's didn't have the internet and we had delayed TV / video taped months earlier (military). I stayed busy the whole time. People were awesome and the oh the food. I was a happy camper. I left home when I was 17 and being away from family didn't bother me a bit (was kind of nice actually). Yen was over 230 to the dollar when I was there in the early 80's (some guys remembered over 300 to the dollar in the 70's).

[IwantToSpeakEnglishPerapera]

I'm Japanese here Tokyo for 20 years. I totally agree this video except the food. Only in Tokyo, is not good moving to place. I think it's good place to travel. I have been to abroads and the food in each country has been very good, but the best and happiest meal I always had at any time of the day was in Tokyo. It's always. Apart from tradisional japanese style working, Tokyo is close to everything and fun.

[nathan]

5:20 Anyone happen to know where precisely this shot is taken at?

[Dutch]

Asking for my son - do you know or have you heard if the work environment at International Schools is, in general, different from the typical Japanese companies that's pretty much notorious at this point in time. My son holds 2 undergraduate degrees, including Biology and a Masters, all from the University of California, is currently teaching High School, with California State Certs for High School Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. His mother is Japanese and he is in the family registry as well. Thanks for any opinion in advance.

[shizuokaBLUES]

AND Osaka AND Nagoya AND Fukuoka AND Yokohama, AND Kyoto, AND about 10 more cities. They are all crowded and hot and busy .

[Ohazassu]

"Because I can" 😂
I think I've worked with this person!

[higherwesoarsmallerweappea]

The key of happy (read: relatively comfortable) work life in Japan (anywhere tbh)
is to find companies/workplaces that have plenty of CASH relative to its size (therefore, not necessarily big companies)
If companies have CASH, they should be more willing to use them to pay wages
in Japan, they are usually
1. Foreign companies (cause of weak Yen, plus their parents companies obviously have a lot of CASH)
2. Start ups who gets lot of CASH from VC
3. Subsidiaries of big company who are still heavily subsidized by their parent company
4. Small business which just starts and have a lot CASH (from loan etc.)

[Hitthexa]

"Friends" Me: What friends? I dont even have friends in my own country, so it will stay the same in Japan.

[dragonofparadise]

Sounds like I will fit in quite nicely. Crowds are fine, most of my very close friends are already online (time zones are annoying though), I have a collective mindset, plan on starting a business and creating my own work environment, I will set my own salary(and employees to a extent to be on the high end) based on my business performance, I plan on living in a dirt cheap akiya to avoid rent and mortgage payments. However, the Humidity and heat is absolutely dreadful and really makes me think twice. Also the indirect communication style I find very annoying but that is just some to adjust to.

[greggaines]

It's kind of funny... I've lived in a European city for the past 30+ years and in truth, I could have used the same list with minor adjustments ( like... replace earthquakes with flooding/constant high winds ) and different examples ( like... change low wages to "indeed there are higher wages, but epically higher cost of living, so don't kid yourself by the size of a pay check" or change the hot humidity with "it's not quite as hot here, but no one ever believes in Air Conditioning... at all!" ) for where I live, but more or less it's the same.

Indeed where I live ... yep... it's crowded too (especially where people actually live), the food is questionable and not for everyone, the people here are massively unfriendly (are well known for being as such and seem to be quite proud of it), the work environment is founded upon bullying and inefficacy, the 'individualism' here is actually a collectivism in individualists clothing (and you will never ever in the history of ever be part of it no matter how much you try), and so on...

Moving from one country to another is simply not "plug and play" and it is most certainly not for everyone.

Oh... and if the final thing on the list, "being away from family", is not such a bad thing in your eyes... well... you might take all the other problems in stride.

[murrowboy]

Japanese people are quite introverted but they're not shy at all when it comes to the office environment huh?

[southcoastinventors]

Alternative title Japan is a great place to live if you work remotely and have air condition/dehumidifier. Getting blame by actions committed by another isn't a exclusive Japanese problem because you can always insert Japanese person who did bad things like all the people who scam the elderly as a counter point.

[murrowboy]

The collectivism thing. If a foreigner do cause trouble in your area, just walk somewhere else asap. The fact that you're not THEM doesn't matter in the world of collectivism. So whenever I see this, I just go to another area with different people.

[filipmaxfi]

#1 sealed the deal, where do I sign up? 😅

[MrRiot]

What an end of video, congrats! awesome video!

[Eightpspi]

Got it don’t get a job in Japan. Be a content creator or be independently wealthy

[Wandering_Silverian]

Honestly, I didnt see a reason so far not to move to Japan. I Greatly enjoy all various vids on Japan & It's Culture. I have a Question, is it considered rude to bring your own Chopsticks to any or some Dinning or Eatery Establishments? 有り難う御座います.

[yangliu]

soo true I lived in china, is almost same problem, missing family is biggest problem