the guy from mexico definitely gave a lot of useful information. like he really wanted to make sure that if it is your goal to be there that you dont waste your time so he put out resources.
@@Mipon_en No mames, güey, ¡Tás chingón! I’m American, but I’ve been living in Korea for about a year now. ¿Cómo es la raza en Japón? Is there a vibrant Latino culture there? How diverse is it? I grew up in Brooklyn, so I’m used to all kinds of cultures and global communities. I’m thinking about checking out Japan next year, but I’m not sure yet. I appreciate any advice or insight you can give.
Its not easy because most of the time our salary was converted in term of the living cost. Take me for example. I work remotely in indonesia. You know if im in U.S im gonna make 180k usd . But bcause im based in indonesia i only got 1500usd per month . Those company arent stupid .😂
@@kelvin-uh7tf Considering cost of living, that 1500USd a month is like making 3k or more in the US. And you're not surrounded by weirdos and criminals. You're way better off where you are. And the girls aren't 300 pounds with tattoos.
They get paid more than the average Japanese. Many foreign companies in Japan mainly employ foreigners. US tech companies only hire English speakers, many Indians as seen here, practically no Japanese so you see the Indian guy say he doesn't need to know Japanese even though he wants to live in Japan.
@@downtomars6268 part of loving a country like japan includes wanting to learn the language by default. the indian guy who said he doesn't have to learn japanese is correct, he doesn't *have to* learn it, but since he said it was his childhood dream to live in japan, i can bet he already had been learning it before moving there. For a foreigner, learning a language has its pros and cons, where pros outweigh the cons. pros include convenience, being social, wider access, etc. cons include having to learn a whole new language as an adult which is no easy feat. often times foreigners have to balance the pros and cons during their time in the country. You must remember that a foreigner has to deal with a 100 new things apart from just learning a language, for example, learning customs, meeting new people, managing finances, managing visa regulations, surviving in a completely new environment, etc. so learning a language, if it can be put in the backseat working in an english speaking company, becomes an attractive convenience for them. but japanese is a language that most foreigners would love to learn, at least in my opinion.
thanks for giving great advice. Very realistic. I work with geospatial data and make web interactive maps for a living. I also do data analysis, visualization like ArcGIS, PowerBI. Do you think there is demand? I plan to work in Tokyo next year. I am currently in Vietnam (7 years) but from the Philippines.
21 years in Japan living in the countryside. The first 10 years working as an Eikaiwa Teacher, ¥230,000 /mo. rent ¥50,000 /mo. Next 5 years with position change, ¥300,000/mo. mortgage ¥45,000/mo. Past 6 years as an English school business owner. ¥800,000/mo. mortgage ¥45,000/mo.
Great video! You asked a lot of great questions and got a lot of great feedback. I hope the yen gets stronger soon and I would LOVE to come back to Japan and stay for good this time! It's been a year and although America is my home, I feel homesick from being away from Japan for so long!
A word of advice from the future: make sure you don’t set a trap for your future self. There are reasons why you may decide to leave Japan, and when you do, you may struggle to adapt or find a job back in the West. I think the best compromise is probably working for a foreigner company in Japan, or be your own boss. Because most of the skills you learn in a Japanese company are most likely of no use outside Japan. If you want to specialize in something, it may be hard to compete with someone who has spent the same amount of years just working on that one thing. In the meantime, you may have learned lots of things, including Japanese language which takes a long time to master at a business level, or how to negotiate in Japanese, but those skills are pretty much useless outside Japan. Everything is possible, though. Just be aware of this. And these are a couple of reasons why you may decide to eventually leave Japan: family & health. If your parents and close relatives live at 14-hours flight distance, and you work for a company with few holidays that only lets you visit them once a year, you may be missing out from their lives and eventually you may want to be part of that again. Also, as you grow older you may struggle with the hay fever in Tokyo during spring and then the 3 months of hot and humid weather. When you are young, you have the energy. But as you grow older you may want to live in a place with milder weather. I’m Spanish. I’ve lived 12 years in Japan before I moved to the UK. I love Japanese language and Japanese culture, but as a software engineer in the UK, those are just hobbies now, not skills I need for my job. I’ve moved back to Europe so I can visit my family more often. Also, I feel healthier here: weather, allergies, working hours… I don’t regret living in Japan because it’s given me so much and it’s made me who I am today. And if I didn’t have a family, I would have probably stayed there forever. I’m just leaving this here as food for thought. 皆さん、頑張ってください！
Respect to the interviewees whose native tongue isn't English but speak it fluently and also speak Japanese. People who are trilingual (or polyglots) are so impressive to me.
JPY is so weak now that you’re basically stuck here if you’re being paid in JPY. Massively impacts any foreigner working here with financial dependents living abroad (e.g. a child in international school overseas). That’s a genuine stress and pain I wouldn’t wish on anyone else at the moment…
U know what sir even if u save 100k yen per month to send back home like in my case india ((if possible)) it is still ₹50000+ by current exchange rate so overall a good take home money.......
With my wife together we make around 1M per month. Our monthly cost : Rent + gaz + electricity + water + insurance + phones plan + gym + internet : ~ 200000 ¥ Food : ~ 50000 ¥ Fun (restaurant , shopping) : ~ 60000¥ At the end we spend around 310000¥ That is an average because sometimes we spend more if we visit my wife’s family or if we travel in Japan . Honestly speaking, weak yen is not really an issue if you spend your money in Japan and don’t have any plan to travel abroad.
On t’as bien vue, Bon continuation à toi, l’expert de la maison mère !!! D’ailleurs un grand merci, pour ton boulot sur le Japon. Tout comme à l’animal Guigui. Vous m’aidez beaucoup dans la préparation de mon voyage d’octobre. Ça va être épique !!
Amine Sama, la grande Asperge internationale qui fait son apparition comme ça 😂 Trop marrant de te voir sur une autre chaîne. ''Tchou Tchou Bye bye et à la semaine prochaine'' 💙❤ 懐かし！！
I just moved to Japan literally this past week and it was really great to hear others experiences and get an understanding of where my salary falls in the range of everyone’s work experience
In Boston, Mass $2000 a month will get you a studio apt. in the city. A 1 bedroom will around $2,500 to 5k. Japan is cheap compared to what it was in the late 90's.
I'm interested in going to a Japanese language school, I'd love to see more content of foreigners sharing their experiences and tips for this topic. Thank you for making great videos Takashii!
In my own humble way, I've found that my Japanese skills suffice for casual conversations but fall short of the fluency required for high-stakes business discussions. I work as a director at a major biotech firm in Japan, while UA-cam serves as my personal outlet. For those aiming to advance their careers in Japan, my advice is simple: master the art of communication. It's not merely about learning Japanese-though that's undeniably important-but about mastering how to articulate complex ideas effectively. In my line of work, where we're tackling intricate projects related to critical real-world diseases, English serves as a foundational language for discussing problems, since we work globally. This is crucial when collaborating with top-tier doctors and scientists who hold advanced degrees. So, if you’re navigating a similar path, focus on honing your ability to convey your thoughts clearly and persuasively. It's not just about the language you speak, but how you use it to connect and lead.
With the weak yen, the only way is to stay permanently in Japan. Cuz if you’re planning to just go for a couple years, your salary will be worth nothing in your home country.
My cohort of ex-pats lucked out. We were in Japan in the mid 90's. The yen was in the 120's when I arrived and when I left; in between, there was short period where it strengthened to around 100. Ex-pat pay and benefits were also ridiculously (actually embarrassingly) generous at the time for jobs right out of college (you just needed decent language skills). I was able to save enough to return to the US and pay for grad school with only a modest student loan toward the end.
I've been snapping up Japanese arts and crafts lately--the exchange rate is phenomenal! ...found a couple of beautiful Nambu tetsubin yesterday. Great.
"People listen to their music with headphones", I felt that deeply, living in Canada, there is no public space you can go to without a few low IQs swiping through tiktok without their headphones. Every time hear that I cry inside and think about Japan.
I am surprised the amount of Canadian in Tokyo. I met a runner around Yoyogi Park at my last day in Tokyo. He saw my Bluejays caps and come to me "Nice Bluejays cap. I am from Toronto, Canada". That is quite cool experience tho.
I'm Canadian but I'm in Osaka, and surprisingly I found Japanese culture is kind of similar to Canadian culture in some ways. Maybe that's why there's so many Canadians
@@southcoastinventors6583I’d love to try and live in Japan, I hate the heat and humidity where I live in Canada and live winter. Don’t think I could survive the heat there
Living in Tokyo for over a year and looking for a job I decided to go back home because the average salary is just too low, as Alfred (Mexican guy) says LinkedIn (and some other sites, mostly headhunter bureaus) are good if you have plenty of working experience but you also need to be at least level N2. Also get official credentials (not only an official document that you speak at the level you claim), as experience itself will not be enough much of the time. I took a sabbatical so I can go back to my `old` job. I will come back in a few years but probably with my own company and making sure I have both an income in Yen and Euros. And it will be in software and maybe translations on the side (I speak 4 European languages, basic Japanese and some Chinese). If you want to be a translator, focus on Chinese and Korean as those are two markets that will give you more of a chance finding a job than English.
When I lived in Japan first time in 1991, I worked for Nova. I was getting about 320k yen a month. My rent was 28000 yen. Good times. Went back on JET in 98 and salary was similar.
I have a friend who has lived and worked in Japan for several years (since well before the pandemic). He's originally from Southern California. He makes enough to get buy living in Tokyo, but with the weakness of the Yen, the biggest difficulty is that it's really hard for him to visit family back in the USA.
I'm a big fan of Japan, but I'm shocked at how low wages are these days (the weakness of the yen). It's a good thing rent and food are pretty cheap because otherwise nothing would save the country.
Most of these foreigners have a high level of training and have other employment options and assets if Japanese yen gets too low. Compare that with Japanese who have same level of training but must exist on low wages, high cost of living, and demanding working conditions.
That's true. Western tech companies in Japan like major US ones only hire English speakers and prefer to bring in other foreigners so they don't really hire Japanese staff regardless of skill.
The rent is actually suprisingly low compared to what I thought Tokyo would be. I was under the impression that the cost of living in Tokyo would be at least the same level of Shanghai or even Hongkong. I'm from China but personally haven't rented in China at all. But according to my wife, she was paying about 650usd a month for a 1b1b apartment in Suzhou, and Suzhou is probably 2 tiers below Shanghai in terms of cost of living. But an average college graduate in Suzhou makes nowhere close to 1000usd per month.
The Half Japanese and Trinidadian interviewee is so handsome! The key is to work for a foreign company in Japan! Get the benefits of being in Japan but without being subjected to its work culture lol
I live in JP too and have a comfortable salary. Some of these guys have comfortable salary but are paying way too much for rent. Rent should be max 1:3 of your salary. 1:3 should go to all other expenses and 1:3 to save/invest especially if you are on the lower spectrum of salary..
@@itsOrdinal in Japan or even Tokyo it is possible actually. Most of the foreigners here are on the 'fun' mode and wants to stay in shibuya/shinjuku area and overpaying their rent. 60-70k for a 25sqm on a 300k salary is totally possible and these apartments are everywhere. for example, the one guy is paying 230k for 2ldk in ebisu. im paying 170k for a 2ldk just 20minutes train ride to shibuya. then again, im here for work and not having parties.
Damn that's pretty low pay. I work in a pretty basic job here in Sweden and make about $3000 a month, but of course i pay 34% tax on that so it ends up more like ~$1980 which is still more than most people in this video in the end. I live in a 3 room apartment which has a kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, wardrobe(its like a small room) and a balcony and pay $900 a month for it.
1980$ and you can afford to live in 3 room appartement l make 3000$ after tax and can't rent this time of appartement in private building also where in Sweden are you here around paris 3 room appartement in private you have to pay almost 1000€ to 1500€ so even with my 3k$ isn't enough because they ask you win 3 time rent
As a French person, it's funny to see that Amine (the French guy) was the only one who didn't reveal his income. We really have a taboo about these things :) Thanks for the video Takashii!
@@decado3944 My thought exactly. Living in Japan since 10y and being a recruiter, I know his salary as marketing manager for a school is not that high, but should be decent. Something between 300.000 JPY to 400.000 JPY / month is my guess but could be less. I think money he makes in euros around his ccntent helped a lot raising his income.
s''il a un contract de travail francais tu as pas le droit de réveler ton salaire en france c'est meme un motif de licenciement dans certains contrat lol
I have always wanted to work in Japan and make Japanese friends, I wanted to work as a teacher...but now that I know that teachers can only teach for 1 year then switch, and even that the teacher license is very hard to get... I started learning japanese hoping I would go in university exchange to my dream country...maybe I will teach for a few years there, I don't know x_x Anyways thank you so much! Lots of people here in thr vid are from where I'm living in Canada so it really helped
Some are really struggling with the concept of comparison. You cannot convert Yen to USD and complain they're being "underpaid" when you're matching those converted payments to US COL. They're getting paid relative to Japan. You're just reading them as a different currency to make sense of it, similar to translating languages. Doesn't mean it's a direct conversion and applicable to American living. The lifestyle of someone living off $200k in NYC is going to look different numerically in Tokyo, Japan. It doesn't mean that person is poor, struggling, or underpaid. According to Numbeo, average monthly cost for one person in Tokyo with a 1 bedroom apartment in city center is about $1,992. There was a dude pulling $6,600+ a month. He's living very comfortably in Japan and if he were in the States, these numbers would be adjusted and proportionate to the true USD of income and COL in the target city. So if his job paid $200k/year or $16,600+ per month in the States, the equivalent Japanese lifestyle he's enjoying would've looked more like $5,000+ for monthly expenses with a monthly income of $16,600+ for true USD numbers.
The salary in Japan is just ridiculously low. There are options for foreigners working in Japan but for Japanese citizens, It seems like they are pretty much stuck.
In fact, the Japanese are not that stuck. Unlike other developed countries, where rapid inflation has made it impossible to buy a house and people can no longer easily eat out, the situation has not arisen. The reasons for this include In Japan, the asset value of a building becomes almost zero after 30 years, there are many vacant houses due to the low birth rate, and it is cheap to rent or buy a house in rural areas due to ultra-low interest rates on mortgages. In Japan, you can eat a delicious meal out for around 800 yen, and Japanese food can be made cheaply because miso, tofu, and natto are cheap. In addition, the three elements of happiness - food, housing, and environment - are met at a minimum, with plenty of entertainment, convenient convenience stores and trains, and good public safety.
@@Impozalla Money games are distorting the exchange rate, but this doesn't really matter to Japanese people unless they travel abroad. As always, you can eat everything from conveyor belt sushi to ramen and tonkatsu for around 800 yen. Ten eggs cost 190 yen. Rents have also risen in Tokyo, but in the countryside there are many vacant rooms and fierce competition for rental space, so prices have hardly increased at all. Meanwhile in America, rapid inflation has meant that 50% of people in their 20s are working two or more jobs because they are struggling to make ends meet. I've heard of people getting into debt because they can't afford to live, and there are even homeless people who are working. These are things that are almost unthinkable in Japan.
@@Impozalla This is a difference in thinking. You may be a GDP growth supremacist like America, but Japanese people don't want to become a country like America. There is an abundance of entertainment such as karaoke and arcades, the town is clean and safe, medical care is good, there are convenient convenience stores and trains, food is cheap and delicious, and there is no shortage of housing. Japan is truly the ideal country for Japanese people. Do you have a living environment like this in your country? If so, please tell me which country it is. When I watched a video of New York, which boasts the world's highest GDP, it looked like nothing more than a developing country.
nice one ! I'm French and like @japania, I also have another activity (I'm a published writer and screenwriter) that allows me to get income from France as well.
As a foreigner who's lived in Japan for 4 years, it's really surprising to watch these videos and hear how low other foreigners salaries are. I'm a manager in an office job making 6.5 million yen a year and it's shocking to hear that other foreigners with specialized skills like IT and software dev are making less than me.
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Don't come and teach English in Japan. Trust me. There is no future in it.
風力工事現場で言語力と技術知識を兼ねてアシスタントサイトマネージャー（工事主任とほぼ一緒）に就任されて、月給は55万です。しかも宿舎も貸与車輛も派遣会社がカバーしてくれて光熱費や水道料金も無料で、様々な手当のため申請できます。6年前日本に移住して一番最初の仕事はセラミックチップコンデンサーの製造会社のため電気回路設計を作成したけど、月給は20万未満だった。手取りも14万くらいだったわ陳腐なアパートに住んでいたわで人生が辛くてマジで腐れ金だった。それで転職して、この3年間というもの、各地で風力発電機を組み立てたり日本の系統連系に送電も遂行できて毎日現場でやりがいを感じます。多くの仕事の出来高は抽象的すぎてますが、例えば港で風車の部材を水切りして、高原まで搬送して、1年に8基のタービンを立て込んだら感動せずにはおかない。でも、やっぱり、もっと給料がいい仕事に転職したければ、はったりをかます方法を学ばないと駄目です。殆どの日系企業は高い給料を作業員に支払いたくない一方、作業員はよい実績を出さなかったら追い出し部屋にすぐに異動されるケースが多いですね。同じ会社で２，３年間働き続けて、「賃上げは少し難しくて、大変申し訳ございませんが、ご了承ください。」など言われたら、一刻も早く就職活動のエンジンを暖機しましょうね。
the guy from mexico definitely gave a lot of useful information. like he really wanted to make sure that if it is your goal to be there that you dont waste your time so he put out resources.
thanks!
@@Mipon_en No mames, güey, ¡Tás chingón! I’m American, but I’ve been living in Korea for about a year now. ¿Cómo es la raza en Japón? Is there a vibrant Latino culture there? How diverse is it? I grew up in Brooklyn, so I’m used to all kinds of cultures and global communities. I’m thinking about checking out Japan next year, but I’m not sure yet. I appreciate any advice or insight you can give.
The new american dream now is to have American standard salary in USD and work remotely somewhere else like Japan
Its not easy because most of the time our salary was converted in term of the living cost. Take me for example. I work remotely in indonesia. You know if im in U.S im gonna make 180k usd . But bcause im based in indonesia i only got 1500usd per month . Those company arent stupid .😂
Yep!
@@kelvin-uh7tf Considering cost of living, that 1500USd a month is like making 3k or more in the US. And you're not surrounded by weirdos and criminals. You're way better off where you are. And the girls aren't 300 pounds with tattoos.
SE Asia is better. 1/3 or 1/4 the cost of living as Japan or Korea.
@@kelvin-uh7tf that’s why i said American standard salary
I lived in Versailles for 10 years and the french guy in this video used to get my bus in the morning! Small world!
He makes content on social media now, look for Japania :)
he is called amine , he is a youtuber , channel called JAPANIA
Yeah, Japania, quite famous in the "French in Japan" UA-cam world.
@Takashi Get Louis-San or IciJapon next time ! ;)
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The most i like about Takashi is the huge space he gives to people without this stupid interruption as always on tv shows.
The software engineer from Mexico gave very good and precise advice 👏
He needs to accept his baldness... Buzz trimm it all down...
All the great hairstylists in Japan and yet no one can style it.
thanks!
@@Tobiko22 hahaha my hair was a mess that day
@@Mipon_en you got violated 😭
All these people have so much character in the way they dress and what they all do is so fascinating.
Must be cherry picking season
I agree and that is why this race should be loyal to its own race and its qualities. The Japanese aesthetic is incomparable.
They get paid more than the average Japanese. Many foreign companies in Japan mainly employ foreigners. US tech companies only hire English speakers, many Indians as seen here, practically no Japanese so you see the Indian guy say he doesn't need to know Japanese even though he wants to live in Japan.
@@downtomars6268 part of loving a country like japan includes wanting to learn the language by default. the indian guy who said he doesn't have to learn japanese is correct, he doesn't *have to* learn it, but since he said it was his childhood dream to live in japan, i can bet he already had been learning it before moving there. For a foreigner, learning a language has its pros and cons, where pros outweigh the cons. pros include convenience, being social, wider access, etc. cons include having to learn a whole new language as an adult which is no easy feat. often times foreigners have to balance the pros and cons during their time in the country. You must remember that a foreigner has to deal with a 100 new things apart from just learning a language, for example, learning customs, meeting new people, managing finances, managing visa regulations, surviving in a completely new environment, etc. so learning a language, if it can be put in the backseat working in an english speaking company, becomes an attractive convenience for them. but japanese is a language that most foreigners would love to learn, at least in my opinion.
@@downtomars6268 He probably still needs a decent level of Japanese to open bank account, communicate with landlord etc
Thanks for interviewing bro. It was a pleasure talking with you!
bro thanks for the insight.. 😄
hope can work abroad on japan someday
Thanks for the advice that your shared. Hope you're enjoying life in Japan!
thanks for giving great advice. Very realistic. I work with geospatial data and make web interactive maps for a living. I also do data analysis, visualization like ArcGIS, PowerBI. Do you think there is demand? I plan to work in Tokyo next year. I am currently in Vietnam (7 years) but from the Philippines.
21 years in Japan living in the countryside. The first 10 years working as an Eikaiwa Teacher, ¥230,000 /mo. rent ¥50,000 /mo.
Next 5 years with position change, ¥300,000/mo. mortgage ¥45,000/mo. Past 6 years as an English school business owner. ¥800,000/mo. mortgage ¥45,000/mo.
Oh,that's great! I envy you as a Japanese.
Which part? I lived in Shingu.
Good to know they still study English here. Never see any advertisements anymore for eikaiwa 😂
@@nrz197 There are so many Eikawas, I don't see how they make money to stay in business.
Holidays to developed nations are almost out of reach for most Japanese now.
The community developer guy is actually doing very well considering his rent is $62! Could be a good option for people wanting to move to Japan.
as a German not complaining constantly, must take unimaginable willpower.
haha yeah that was when i knew japan isnt for me. not creating a negative space is okay, but not complaining about stuff thats genuine? no way.
This video helps me a lot ! Thank you for making a video with this great topic !
Great video! You asked a lot of great questions and got a lot of great feedback. I hope the yen gets stronger soon and I would LOVE to come back to Japan and stay for good this time! It's been a year and although America is my home, I feel homesick from being away from Japan for so long!
😮Amine of Japania channel?
You mean l'Illustre Amine of Japania ?
ouai, s avais pas que son anglais etait si bon, j'ai vue le thumbnail: wtf Japania X Takeshii crossover?
Énorme !
Amine, la couillasse des grands soirs, le compère des bons repaires… manque plus que l’ami GuiGui et takashi chantera la vie en rose.
You mean Amine mon gars sur, mon reuf à la verge dur ?
A word of advice from the future: make sure you don’t set a trap for your future self.
There are reasons why you may decide to leave Japan, and when you do, you may struggle to adapt or find a job back in the West. I think the best compromise is probably working for a foreigner company in Japan, or be your own boss. Because most of the skills you learn in a Japanese company are most likely of no use outside Japan. If you want to specialize in something, it may be hard to compete with someone who has spent the same amount of years just working on that one thing. In the meantime, you may have learned lots of things, including Japanese language which takes a long time to master at a business level, or how to negotiate in Japanese, but those skills are pretty much useless outside Japan. Everything is possible, though. Just be aware of this.
And these are a couple of reasons why you may decide to eventually leave Japan: family & health. If your parents and close relatives live at 14-hours flight distance, and you work for a company with few holidays that only lets you visit them once a year, you may be missing out from their lives and eventually you may want to be part of that again. Also, as you grow older you may struggle with the hay fever in Tokyo during spring and then the 3 months of hot and humid weather. When you are young, you have the energy. But as you grow older you may want to live in a place with milder weather.
I’m Spanish. I’ve lived 12 years in Japan before I moved to the UK. I love Japanese language and Japanese culture, but as a software engineer in the UK, those are just hobbies now, not skills I need for my job. I’ve moved back to Europe so I can visit my family more often. Also, I feel healthier here: weather, allergies, working hours… I don’t regret living in Japan because it’s given me so much and it’s made me who I am today. And if I didn’t have a family, I would have probably stayed there forever. I’m just leaving this here as food for thought. 皆さん、頑張ってください！
Of course, it depends where you live and where thou are from. The distance is an issue for Koreans or Taiwanese, for example.
I m autistic and don't care at all about family
Respect to the interviewees whose native tongue isn't English but speak it fluently and also speak Japanese. People who are trilingual (or polyglots) are so impressive to me.
JPY is so weak now that you’re basically stuck here if you’re being paid in JPY. Massively impacts any foreigner working here with financial dependents living abroad (e.g. a child in international school overseas). That’s a genuine stress and pain I wouldn’t wish on anyone else at the moment…
U know what sir even if u save 100k yen per month to send back home like in my case india ((if possible)) it is still ₹50000+ by current exchange rate so overall a good take home money.......
The data scientist and the business owner are living the life. Man the things I would do in Japan if I had that money
If you are single it's great but if married with kids, even that pay is not incredible.
@@nrz197 yeah but the living is cheap in Japan
If you stay in Japan, it's good but you can't afford to travel abroad, the purchase power for the YEN is half of any place you visit.
@@Mwoods2272if you are in Japan, you don’t really need to go anywhere else except maybe for short trips.
yeah right.
Theres no school for data scientists in my country. Fuck/cry it all
I am so proud of my Mexican countryman. You represented us well brother!!!!
gracias brother
I really agreed with what the first Canadian guy was saying, knowing Japanese is so crucial
With my wife together we make around 1M per month.
Our monthly cost :
Rent + gaz + electricity + water + insurance + phones plan + gym + internet : ~ 200000 ¥
Food : ~ 50000 ¥
Fun (restaurant , shopping) : ~ 60000¥
At the end we spend around 310000¥
That is an average because sometimes we spend more if we visit my wife’s family or if we travel in Japan .
Honestly speaking, weak yen is not really an issue if you spend your money in Japan and don’t have any plan to travel abroad.
Thats real good my man!
Very well edited video. Concise, to the point. Good job!
Having the perspective of someone thats not from the firstvworld helps a lot, glad the guy from mexico was so informative
Lots of solid, actionable tips in this one! Thanks, Takashi & interviewees! 👍
more than 30 countries? woow. I wanted to hear his stories more. He seems chill.
Damn! Like we would say in French, what an illustre vidéo
On t’as bien vue,
Bon continuation à toi, l’expert de la maison mère !!!
D’ailleurs un grand merci, pour ton boulot sur le Japon. Tout comme à l’animal Guigui.
Vous m’aidez beaucoup dans la préparation de mon voyage d’octobre.
Ça va être épique !!
Amine Sama, la grande Asperge internationale qui fait son apparition comme ça 😂
Trop marrant de te voir sur une autre chaîne.
''Tchou Tchou Bye bye et à la semaine prochaine'' 💙❤
懐かし！！
Le seul qui déclare pas son revenu ! 😂 C’est trop risqué chez nous mdr
Ça fait plaisir de te retrouver ici par hasard 🙂
@@MounMoun69 Je me suis dit la même chose mdrr
Lovely interviewing. You let your guests speak freely and I think it makes them open up and enrich the conversation.
As always, nice video!! Thanks Takashii san!
Incredible content! This really got me thinking about some related ideas I’ve been exploring lately.
I just moved to Japan literally this past week and it was really great to hear others experiences and get an understanding of where my salary falls in the range of everyone’s work experience
In Boston, Mass $2000 a month will get you a studio apt. in the city. A 1 bedroom will around $2,500 to 5k. Japan is cheap compared to what it was in the late 90's.
But it is not bad.
Its cheap cos salaries are generally low, most of these guys are in the high end of salaries.
I mean it is not bad that it is cheap. But of course that salaries didn't grow is bad.
Thank you Takasi, very interesting video, I am thinking to move to Japan.
I'm interested in going to a Japanese language school, I'd love to see more content of foreigners sharing their experiences and tips for this topic. Thank you for making great videos Takashii!
What’s a wonderful series of interviews! Very helpful insights
Great topic, Takashi san!!!
Takashi 😊
In my own humble way, I've found that my Japanese skills suffice for casual conversations but fall short of the fluency required for high-stakes business discussions. I work as a director at a major biotech firm in Japan, while UA-cam serves as my personal outlet. For those aiming to advance their careers in Japan, my advice is simple: master the art of communication. It's not merely about learning Japanese-though that's undeniably important-but about mastering how to articulate complex ideas effectively.
In my line of work, where we're tackling intricate projects related to critical real-world diseases, English serves as a foundational language for discussing problems, since we work globally. This is crucial when collaborating with top-tier doctors and scientists who hold advanced degrees.
So, if you’re navigating a similar path, focus on honing your ability to convey your thoughts clearly and persuasively. It's not just about the language you speak, but how you use it to connect and lead.
Good video Takashi keep up the good work dude😎
I think the theme here was that everyone really loves Japan since they were kids. Thank you, excellent constructive perspectives from everyone!
With the weak yen, the only way is to stay permanently in Japan. Cuz if you’re planning to just go for a couple years, your salary will be worth nothing in your home country.
My cohort of ex-pats lucked out. We were in Japan in the mid 90's. The yen was in the 120's when I arrived and when I left; in between, there was short period where it strengthened to around 100. Ex-pat pay and benefits were also ridiculously (actually embarrassingly) generous at the time for jobs right out of college (you just needed decent language skills). I was able to save enough to return to the US and pay for grad school with only a modest student loan toward the end.
Thank you so much for all the interviewees and of course Takashi, giving us a lot of useful information and constructive advice!!😀🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Excellent interviews. Thanks for sharing
I've been snapping up Japanese arts and crafts lately--the exchange rate is phenomenal! ...found a couple of beautiful Nambu tetsubin yesterday. Great.
No way, « l’asperge de Japania » in Takashi’s interview 😮👀
Awesome video as always Takashii.
"People listen to their music with headphones", I felt that deeply, living in Canada, there is no public space you can go to without a few low IQs swiping through tiktok without their headphones. Every time hear that I cry inside and think about Japan.
Amazing video as always. Thank you.
Nice Video!
I agree with the Mexican guy @18:11 💯
Great video, Takashi! 😊🙌🏼
I am surprised the amount of Canadian in Tokyo. I met a runner around Yoyogi Park at my last day in Tokyo. He saw my Bluejays caps and come to me "Nice Bluejays cap. I am from Toronto, Canada". That is quite cool experience tho.
They like Japan due to the mild winters compared to Canada
I'm Canadian but I'm in Osaka, and surprisingly I found Japanese culture is kind of similar to Canadian culture in some ways. Maybe that's why there's so many Canadians
@@southcoastinventors6583I’d love to try and live in Japan, I hate the heat and humidity where I live in Canada and live winter. Don’t think I could survive the heat there
Because Canada has been ruined is now unlivable.
Big Asian communities in major Canadian cities is what introduces people to the country.
@@justtoleavecomments3755 I left Canada because I felt Canada has changed completely. It is not the Canada where I grew up.
they guy from mexico really helpfull, i can sense he's a nice senior software dev
thanks for the insight
aw thanks very much for this video and also for introducing Preply 😍🙏🙏
@japan.kpensieve hello
Living in Tokyo for over a year and looking for a job I decided to go back home because the average salary is just too low, as Alfred (Mexican guy) says LinkedIn (and some other sites, mostly headhunter bureaus) are good if you have plenty of working experience but you also need to be at least level N2. Also get official credentials (not only an official document that you speak at the level you claim), as experience itself will not be enough much of the time.
I took a sabbatical so I can go back to my `old` job. I will come back in a few years but probably with my own company and making sure I have both an income in Yen and Euros. And it will be in software and maybe translations on the side (I speak 4 European languages, basic Japanese and some Chinese). If you want to be a translator, focus on Chinese and Korean as those are two markets that will give you more of a chance finding a job than English.
Very nice video takashi!
Fantastic video with nice diverse group of people from different demographics
I’m from Sasebo, Nagasaki. My rent is 160k yen but Navy pays for it, it’s 3LDK with one tatami room detached home.
Omg japaniaaaa in your video 😍😍 I’ll watch it for sure 😌
Salaries are Crazy Low....makes me sad. You can make more on minumum wage in the USA. 3:24 Dude is confusing revenue with salary....common mistake.
When I lived in Japan first time in 1991, I worked for Nova. I was getting about 320k yen a month. My rent was 28000 yen. Good times. Went back on JET in 98 and salary was similar.
I have a friend who has lived and worked in Japan for several years (since well before the pandemic). He's originally from Southern California.
He makes enough to get buy living in Tokyo, but with the weakness of the Yen, the biggest difficulty is that it's really hard for him to visit family back in the USA.
Dope and insightful interviews.
Thailand just announced the DTV for remote workers. It's a 5 year visa with a few conditions. Japan should be doing the same.
Thanks Takashi nice video and life for working foreighners. interesting
Great interviews!
Nice intro! Very cool font, good job!
Really like the camera TAKASHii used?
Anyone have idea about camera or mic? Pls
Glad yo seen this video. Ty
Thank you for this knowledgeable video❤
We got Ajay Pandey here 😭😭😭💓💓💓
Yeah 🎉 to the Japanese-Caribbean 🇯🇵🇹🇹 person ❤ the ethnic combo 🤗
The difference in salaries is actually crazy!
it's funny as hell to see japania in your videos ^^ お疲れ様です
I'm a big fan of Japan, but I'm shocked at how low wages are these days (the weakness of the yen). It's a good thing rent and food are pretty cheap because otherwise nothing would save the country.
Your interviews are really interesting.
The French guy is Japania channel on UA-cam !! Big up
Most of these foreigners have a high level of training and have other employment options and assets if Japanese yen gets too low.
Compare that with Japanese who have same level of training but must exist on low wages, high cost of living, and demanding working conditions.
well now I understand both why theres immigration out of Japan and why education is so valued for children
That's true. Western tech companies in Japan like major US ones only hire English speakers and prefer to bring in other foreigners so they don't really hire Japanese staff regardless of skill.
Hello from Bucharest, Romania/ Roumanie - a huge underrated city in Europe:)
I will visit Bucharest soon. What are your tips for the city? Many greetings
I have been, and I loved it! Romania as a whole was brilliant and I can't wait to go back
JAPANIAAAAAAAA AMIIIIIINE 🇫🇷
The rent is actually suprisingly low compared to what I thought Tokyo would be. I was under the impression that the cost of living in Tokyo would be at least the same level of Shanghai or even Hongkong.
I'm from China but personally haven't rented in China at all. But according to my wife, she was paying about 650usd a month for a 1b1b apartment in Suzhou, and Suzhou is probably 2 tiers below Shanghai in terms of cost of living. But an average college graduate in Suzhou makes nowhere close to 1000usd per month.
The Half Japanese and Trinidadian interviewee is so handsome! The key is to work for a foreign company in Japan! Get the benefits of being in Japan but without being subjected to its work culture lol
Yup, the other Canadian guy Kai is also cute 😂
@@pikachuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu Too vanilla 😂 Guys like him are a dime a dozen lol
@@DiamondFlame45 no one wants a half black dude. gross
Yet he's still a foreigner 😆
The French guy also has sex appeal, and the lndian guy with the long hair is attractive.
Thank you for the video. Im currently residing in Komaba, Tokyo and studying at the University of Tokyo.
Good to hear the chainsaw man t-shirt, wearing gentleman is enjoying Japan, so much. Good taste in clothes too: suggestive but understated and smart.
Very happy to see Amine from Japania here ❤
Always good to see Amine from Japania!
As someone wanting to mov to Japan one day, I found this video really interesting. Hopefully going to make it happen :')
Superr Takashii!!😘😘
Questo e' un eccelente video, mi piace moltissimo, Takashii !! Grazie mille!! Arrivederci.
I can’t wait to go back to Japan
@@jsdjordi5153why did you say "good lock"?
Same!@@jsdjordi5153
I love the timing ❤
I live in JP too and have a comfortable salary. Some of these guys have comfortable salary but are paying way too much for rent. Rent should be max 1:3 of your salary. 1:3 should go to all other expenses and 1:3 to save/invest especially if you are on the lower spectrum of salary..
welcome to 2024, where the 1:3 rent rule is genuinely impossible unless you get very lucky
Agree my mortgage is 1:6 after tax but I don't live centrally.
@@itsOrdinal in Japan or even Tokyo it is possible actually. Most of the foreigners here are on the 'fun' mode and wants to stay in shibuya/shinjuku area and overpaying their rent. 60-70k for a 25sqm on a 300k salary is totally possible and these apartments are everywhere.
for example, the one guy is paying 230k for 2ldk in ebisu. im paying 170k for a 2ldk just 20minutes train ride to shibuya. then again, im here for work and not having parties.
As someone in the beginning of his tech career i appeciate the guy so much for giving us those tips!
Damn that's pretty low pay. I work in a pretty basic job here in Sweden and make about $3000 a month, but of course i pay 34% tax on that so it ends up more like ~$1980 which is still more than most people in this video in the end. I live in a 3 room apartment which has a kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms, bathroom, wardrobe(its like a small room) and a balcony and pay $900 a month for it.
1980$ and you can afford to live in 3 room appartement
l make 3000$ after tax and can't rent this time of appartement in private building
also where in Sweden are you
here around paris 3 room appartement in private you have to pay almost 1000€ to 1500€
so even with my 3k$
isn't enough because they ask you win 3 time rent
@@gringolife9986 Malmö is where i live in Sweden.
It's pointless to compare salaries in a country where a rice ball costs 50 cents a piece and a sandwich costs $10.
You are fxking lucky. Hope the migrant crisis doesn't ruin your cost of living within the next couple of years.
@@ARKSAAXX-ys9gz that is true, its very expensive here. But if you are careful and buy cheap groceries you can be just fine.
As a French person, it's funny to see that Amine (the French guy) was the only one who didn't reveal his income. We really have a taboo about these things :)
Thanks for the video Takashii!
we don't gaf
Kind of disappointing to avoid this question. I guess he wants to avoid impacts for his french channel and social medias but still..
@@decado3944 My thought exactly. Living in Japan since 10y and being a recruiter, I know his salary as marketing manager for a school is not that high, but should be decent. Something between 300.000 JPY to 400.000 JPY / month is my guess but could be less. I think money he makes in euros around his ccntent helped a lot raising his income.
s''il a un contract de travail francais tu as pas le droit de réveler ton salaire en france c'est meme un motif de licenciement dans certains contrat lol
I don’t care that he doesn’t share his income , i’m impressive by the fact that he can speak English and i guess Japanese. That’s a french unicorn 🦄
I have always wanted to work in Japan and make Japanese friends, I wanted to work as a teacher...but now that I know that teachers can only teach for 1 year then switch, and even that the teacher license is very hard to get...
I started learning japanese hoping I would go in university exchange to my dream country...maybe I will teach for a few years there, I don't know x_x
Anyways thank you so much! Lots of people here in thr vid are from where I'm living in Canada so it really helped
Some are really struggling with the concept of comparison. You cannot convert Yen to USD and complain they're being "underpaid" when you're matching those converted payments to US COL. They're getting paid relative to Japan. You're just reading them as a different currency to make sense of it, similar to translating languages. Doesn't mean it's a direct conversion and applicable to American living. The lifestyle of someone living off $200k in NYC is going to look different numerically in Tokyo, Japan. It doesn't mean that person is poor, struggling, or underpaid.
According to Numbeo, average monthly cost for one person in Tokyo with a 1 bedroom apartment in city center is about $1,992. There was a dude pulling $6,600+ a month. He's living very comfortably in Japan and if he were in the States, these numbers would be adjusted and proportionate to the true USD of income and COL in the target city. So if his job paid $200k/year or $16,600+ per month in the States, the equivalent Japanese lifestyle he's enjoying would've looked more like $5,000+ for monthly expenses with a monthly income of $16,600+ for true USD numbers.
You are correct about the data scientist but the software engineer from India and Mexico (first job) is definitely getting underpaid
Idk how you find such interesting, thoughtful, intelligent people for EVERY episode! So well spoken and informed! 👍🏻
2nd Indian guy is Ajay Pandey makes very impressive videos on UA-cam ❤
I live in Tokyo prefecture and make >$7,000 a month. Life is good.
The salary in Japan is just ridiculously low. There are options for foreigners working in Japan but for Japanese citizens, It seems like they are pretty much stuck.
In fact, the Japanese are not that stuck.
Unlike other developed countries, where rapid inflation has made it impossible to buy a house and people can no longer easily eat out, the situation has not arisen.
The reasons for this include
In Japan, the asset value of a building becomes almost zero after 30 years, there are many vacant houses due to the low birth rate, and it is cheap to rent or buy a house in rural areas due to ultra-low interest rates on mortgages.
In Japan, you can eat a delicious meal out for around 800 yen, and Japanese food can be made cheaply because miso, tofu, and natto are cheap.
In addition, the three elements of happiness - food, housing, and environment - are met at a minimum, with plenty of entertainment, convenient convenience stores and trains, and good public safety.
@@海原宗太郎 Yes, if you're a foreigner things are very cheap. Now if you are a Japanese citizen, that's a different story.
@@Impozalla Money games are distorting the exchange rate, but this doesn't really matter to Japanese people unless they travel abroad.
As always, you can eat everything from conveyor belt sushi to ramen and tonkatsu for around 800 yen. Ten eggs cost 190 yen.
Rents have also risen in Tokyo, but in the countryside there are many vacant rooms and fierce competition for rental space, so prices have hardly increased at all.
Meanwhile in America, rapid inflation has meant that 50% of people in their 20s are working two or more jobs because they are struggling to make ends meet.
I've heard of people getting into debt because they can't afford to live, and there are even homeless people who are working.
These are things that are almost unthinkable in Japan.
@@海原宗太郎 yeah and that's why they are stuck.
@@Impozalla This is a difference in thinking. You may be a GDP growth supremacist like America, but Japanese people don't want to become a country like America. There is an abundance of entertainment such as karaoke and arcades, the town is clean and safe, medical care is good, there are convenient convenience stores and trains, food is cheap and delicious, and there is no shortage of housing. Japan is truly the ideal country for Japanese people. Do you have a living environment like this in your country? If so, please tell me which country it is. When I watched a video of New York, which boasts the world's highest GDP, it looked like nothing more than a developing country.
nice one ! I'm French and like @japania, I also have another activity (I'm a published writer and screenwriter) that allows me to get income from France as well.
As a foreigner who's lived in Japan for 4 years, it's really surprising to watch these videos and hear how low other foreigners salaries are. I'm a manager in an office job making 6.5 million yen a year and it's shocking to hear that other foreigners with specialized skills like IT and software dev are making less than me.
Recently, even in Japan, engineers' salaries have risen to around 8 million yen, but it's still cheap.
@@universe682 I made 1.5x that my first year out of college. Now i'm making 2.05x that in Japan as an engineer.
@@g_rr_tt Really?It's incredible!
Same boat. I feel blessed living in my situation.