Is $1M enough to move to Japan and never work again?Starting to think that's a better idea than staying in the West or moving to a cheap developing country.
>>61074161Move there yes Never work again no
1M USD is enough to never work again regardless of country if you're halfway competent at income-oriented investing
>>61074161why japan? you'll never feel at home unlike a western country, you will always get treated like shit and looked by every stranger on the streetyou will never belong
>>61074161why do you retards think japan just lets you move there
>>61074236>he has a need to belong and cares about what other people thinkthat sucks man
>>61074236I already feel like that in the West.
>>61074161yes. you can never work again with $1m in any country in the world, provided you're not a total retard.
>>61074161Fuck no, Japan is expensive af.
>>61074255This too. I have no idea why these people think you can just go live there.Unlike the US, Japanese actually give a fuck about Japan being Japanese, they will throw you ass out after 90 days if you don't have an employment visa.
>>61074236>you will never belongRoppongi is filled with an army of autistic western expats that you can make friends with if you desire social connections. The Japanese will always see you as an outsider, but they will still treat you very well if you respect and adhere to their customs
>>61074161I don't live in Japan but spend 3 months out of the year there. Living costs are much lower than the US for sure. I just work hard in the US 7-9 months out of the year just to live like a king in Japan.But living there permanently is probably very difficult because of VISA issues.
>>61074255>>61074502Due to low birthrates they've been flirting with the idea of easing up restrictions. They recently introduced a new digital nomad visa that allows you to stay for 6 months at a time in a 12 month period, instead of having to jump in and out every 3 months on a tourist visa. So living in Japan during the 6 best months of the year and escaping somewhere else during the summer when it gets unlivably hot there is perfectly feasible as long as you have a job that allows you to work remotely and is not Japanese-based. If you've made it, then you can just work for your own company
you're only getting a japan visa if you1) get a work visa: slave 60 hours a week minimum, need 10 years before you can even apply for PR2) get a spousal visa: 1 million isn't enough to support a woman, especially if she wants kidsSo no.
>>61074532Also, last time I was in Tokyo I met a guy who used the digital nomad visa. And then he used an extendable tourist visa in Bali that allowed him to stay there for 6 months too. He spent October-March in Japan, and April-September in Bali. Peak weather seasons in both places, and Bali is even cheaper than Japan
>>61074532You need to prove income of 100k+ a year on nomad visa and passive income doesn't count, not that you'd survive a withdrawal rate of 10% anyways.You also can't go consecutive years, or they'll flag you. It's a one-off thing, and you can't sponsor yourself you need to prove real business activity.
>>61074565What if I just start a "business" that makes little or no money.
>>61074584>You also can't go consecutive years,That's not what I've heard or read. You just need a 6 month gap between applications for the visa. As for the all the other shit, you're obviously not supposed to live off of dividends, but create a real company in which you have a salary which meets the requirements and a documented, well-defined role that allows you to work remotely. Obviously talk to a nip lawyer before filing for the visa to make sure all requirements are met and everything is on the up-and-up
>>61074588Japan is cracking down on that exactly because of abuse, people buying property and renting out AirBnB just for a business manager visa. Starting next year you'll need an MBA or 5 years management experience, hire a full-time Japanese employee, rent an office (can't be a meme fake building), and prove business viability.Japan isn't like Europe where you can just walk in.>>61074600Visa runs will absolutely draw the suspicion of immigration. You can't even get away with it in Thailand anymore. This isn't the 2000s. Digital nomad visa is primarily to attract high earners to spend tourism bucks during the honeymoon phase and not for pseudo-long term residence.
>>61074626>Visa runs will absolutely draw the suspicion of immigrationFor tourist visas, yes, because they'll suspect you of working under the table. But when you're on a digital nomad visa, they already know that you're working while there, except that you're doing it for a foreign company. They just want digital nomads to spend money there to help their economy out.
>>61074161they are more than fullalso no
I have PR here just give me money please.Living costs are cheap.Problem is most places are absolute shit - tokyo is kinda expensive and claustrophobic.The countryside is cheap but theres a chance youll get hassled by the 町内会 or be in some "idyllic" place you get tired of in a year tops.Ive been there done that on the cusp of closing another move and going FIRE but the area in targeting is fucking stupid the house options suck.Someone please fucking kill me You guys say visas are hard but no, get the HSP visa work ONE year here and you can earn PR like me.Look the main problem after being here 8 years is that japan is made for japanese. Do you value privacy, autonomy, etc?Too bad everything here is built around crowding shit together (even the countryside WHY cant i just find a mountain cabin with no neighbors), sharing facilities (you want a home gym? Too bad go to sports center), and navigating buerecratic high friction systems. In mexico etc you pay the bribe shits done.
Oh and heaven forbid you have a lifestyle outside what they expect (salaryman). You show up at your gym or some community thing regularly during weekdays? Everyone looks at you like you have 3 heads. They are literally all npcs, even worse than the US where at least people show their hare brained opinions.Here everyone is reduced to a role or title for the most part.Again. PLEASE KILL ME.
>>61074161how old are you? With 1M you can barely live off from passive income
>>61075440the reality is that almost everyone is better off being in their home society where people think in the same way they do. even if your countrymen are retards.
>>61075556in the united states you can live extremely comfortably anywhere on net of $50k/year. $1 million allows you to do absolutely nothing for 12 years, just spending the principal, which is the dumbest way to approach this.
just stick it all in AAVE and live off the interest. or spread it around multiple staking platforms
>>61075899spread your shit all around my chest and face baby~~>>61075851not when your home country is now being overrun with shitskins"look at me, im the american now"
>>61075950you blame shitskins for your failure to reproduce? You just want to sit and bitch because you cant handle a little adversity. Strong men create weak times...Your weak genetic code will be culled and the strongest of us will survive
>>61075440>町内会Fuck those things. Probably the gayest shit I dealt with. And they can shove a kairanban up their ass while they're at it.
Just go live in a capsule hotel like a gaijin for 89 days at a time nerd. You losers can't even handle normie envy or virginity. No chance you'll even handle renting property without crying at the realtor.
>>61074161You can't just move to Japan, you need a visa, and wanting to be a neet is not a valid visa.Also no, a million is not enough, except if you only intend on living 20 years.
>>61074161$1 million should be more than enough. The average nip only makes like $30k per year. I'm no longer working and currently live in Bangkok. Pretty good so far. I'm taking a trip to Japan next week so maybe I'll be able to see if it's a good place to live long-term.
>>61074161come to pakistan, with that much money you really won't need to work ever again, you can even buy a whole house here for fraction of the money you have, I am very satisfied with my life here and my monthly salary is like hardly 850$
>>61075440>He actually fell for it>8 yearsKek LMAO>>61075452They are literally a hivemind people, did you learn nothing from your anime paco? Japan is good for tourism because they are submissive and will treat you like a god but that's about it, lower yourself to be one of them then you are a slave too and they will bully and seethe at you if you don't behave like one
>>61076329i do what i want man npcs dont really matterthat's why i stayed. its easy to simply find shortcuts or cheat the system and profit. all you gotta do is have no shame.supposedly they'll exclude you or try to alienate you but when they already do that even if you try to fit in, well...
>>61074161Definitely not, japan is not a cheap country. You'd be better off in south america, africa, south / south-east asia
japanese people are racist against whites. they won't seat you at their restaurants. have fun gaijin kek
>>61076771It's false.There are very few like that and it's in very touristy places that are sick of rude drunk tourists.I've never seen one myself. Any place will be happy to take your money.
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