Back to Japan, house in Tokyo (US$300-500k for new Single family)is less than Taipei and that is for Single family home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGbC5j4pG9w
and life working (as only black guy in tech company, good story) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eK-9JehqOg
If Japan is such a good place to work why is suicide rate so high?
Wait who has suggested this? I think there is a broad consensus that Japan is NOT a âgood place to work.â
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Not a great place to work if you are fated to be a salaryman in the lower rungs of company hell for the rest of your life toiling in servitude to a feudal boss in an office 24/7 and having to pretend his jokes are funny at the izakaya until your merciful retirement decades later. But that doesnât really apply to expats there by and largeâŚ
Suicide rate is about the same for Japan and the US (respectively 14.3 and 13.7 suicides per 100k people in 2016). Not sure youâll be able to convince many expats in either countries to quit their job and move to another country using that argument.
Japan is denying entry to foreign RESIDENTS using corona as excuse:
Wow. So if a foreign resident with a Japanese wife and kid tries to come back after being stuck in the USA, he canât? Thatâs pretty nuts⌠and wrong.
The subway is packed in Osaka and Tokyo. Plenty of people have not stopped working. But school has been cancelled for quite a while.
Thatâs because some permanent residents had been flying in and out between their home country and Japan, bypassing travel restrictions because they felt they were entitled. So they just stopped all non-Japanese from entry to put a stop to that abuse of process.
Iâm not flying anywhere for a while, I guess. Not that I want to. No China Virus where Iâm at.
Thatâs where I am going to ensure that we get dual citizenship in Taiwan. So that people here are no longer forever PR.
Wow, what a clusterfuck. 
Gee, but even the local spouses, that´s harsh.
And considering the mess their quarantine measures are, well, no one should go in either.
White Collar foreigner here, did close to 5 years in Taiwan.
All valid points, Taiwan probably isnât where youâre going to grow your career if youâve got a good grounding back home, but itâs all relative to what youâre after.
I moved to Taiwan after 3 or so years of experience in my field back home (In Australia) and I was looking for experience overseas and the opportunity to work in a different environment. I knew money wise it would be a step back but I wanted adventure and challenge, doing the daily grind back in Melbourne just seemed a bit placid.
I initially came over on a secondment for a year from my Accounting firm back home. After that initial one year finished, I wasnât ready to go home just yet, eventually, I lucked out and found a great gig at a MNC in Taipei, and it was sufficient for me, I did make 100k+ monthly, but worked insane hours to get that.
As a person, I grew up a lot, going from my city back home to Taipei and initially not knowing much Chinese when I arrived lead to many interesting moments in my first year, eventually I improved a lot and built up a great group of friends in Taipei that made my time there completely unforgettable.
Career-wise, I ended up leading teams and working on some really interesting and challenging projects, did secondments to other offices in other parts of Asia, Europe and Middle East and got some exposure that I wouldnât have gotten back home.
My biggest fear was when returning home, nobody would consider my Taiwan experience to be valid or comparable to Australian experience. Luckily, that wasnât the case for me and I managed to land a pretty well paid gig pretty much right after my return home. I do know many others who had it much tougher finding something worthwhile after returning home from a long stint in Taiwan.
All in all, Iâm so glad I went to Taiwan in my early 20s, I wouldnât have changed a thing and it was a great 5 years that I look back with a lot of fondness.
Now in regards to Japan. I did end up working in Tokyo for a 3 month stint (On a project at the Tokyo office of my old company) and found it rather brutal in terms of work hours and stress, Iâd often see middle aged guys in suits leaving their offices at midnight and it just seemed totally standard for them. I have a couple of close friends that are Japanese (One in Okinawa, one in Osaka) and both of them were reluctant to recommend working in Japan for the long term. Maybe itâs good to get a year or two of experience but long-term, perhaps it wonât be furthering your career too much and in return youâll be giving up all your energy on a draining job.
Glad to hear Okinawa is OK. Iâd love to shop and hit the beaches!
Of co, the cruise plans are gone⌠
Sigh
I once moved from Taiwan to Japan before back in 2011. The mistakes I made were:
Japan is not a bed of roses with regards to the lack of benefits, and saving money, because the salary there on average for teach EFL is pretty much the same as here in Taiwan. The difference is Japan is a hell of a lot more expensive than Taiwan to the point that you can easily get ripped off.
But itâs a more dynamic place to live with more things to do in the city!
I heard that but give us examples ?
Great foreign restaurants everywhere
more dynamic range of music venues, thereâs clubs for all music tastes that feel authentic
personally i like the food way better
Izakayas late night
in cities more working professionals in different areas
better music taste, big acts go thru there all the time
more art
obviously a much bigger population has a lot to do with it. Tokyos population is roughly the same as Taiwanâs. Iâd be quite happy to live in Japan again though.
Yeah live music scene , of all types, sucks in Taiwan.