Japan

I believe Japanese healthcare is in the world's top 5. I remember looking through a list and they were highly ranked. Their technology and culture mixes Western and Eastern together so you have a unique style.

On a more negative note, it's quite a sexually liberal country. Prostitution is legal and the Japanese aren't that bothered by it. Some of the porn that's readily available in the country is illegal in many countries. Politically it's quite nationalist. While they welcome tourists they don't like foreigners to become citizens.

 

Health care for english-speaking could be expensive..

 

If people want to visit Japan they need to remember that their cultural assets are differnet than the western ones. If people that want to go to Japan just because they got a distorted opinion of it thanks to anime and other things, they will be deluded. They will pay their ignorance with severe punishment like being completly hanilated by the japanese ''way of living''
Firstly even if their collective spirit has been sterylized by us Americans their society is still deeply rooted in their traditions. You will see everywhere, when you cross the road or when you have to eat. Isn't like to us. The cultural shock immediatly kick out the weaks, those that had a distorted opinion of Japan, that go in Japan with happines tears and then run away like cowards.
About me, i don't have any claim except to see Mt.Fuji and bike a bit trought the islands like Hokkaido, if i will ever visit Japan i mean.

 

As Fantasia said, the Japanese are very culturally different from the west. Centuries of isolation and then pushback against attempts at Western intervention has given them a culture that might seem very alien to a foreigner. You might want to look at how they are under the superficial things like their cartoons or videogames, because it's not as nice as you might think in a lot of ways. The bureaucracy is so invasive it makes the DMV look like Disneyland and they have an incredibly strange and toxic work culture. The infrastructure is also not as good as people say it is - it's great in the cities, but the areas outside of those are often 50+ years behind. Japan is a country of anachronisms and contradictions to say the least.

 

I now remember an Australian friend of mine moved over there to work and he hated it. The work culture was tough for him to adjust to. He's a hard worker but he was shocked by the work culture over there. In around 6 months he ended up moving back to Australia. He planned to live over there for a few years but just couldn't do it. Some people say the work culture over there is toxic and I've come across news stories about workers being worked to death.

 

My friend worked in a school. I don't know how he was affected by this. All I know is on Facebook he kept talking about how tough it was and wanted to find another job.

 

I had the opportunity to visit Japan in 2017! The technology, the crazy fashion, the respect toward others especially elders, the food, the temples… The culture in general… I love it all.

But I also wouldn’t want to live there. Japan isn’t some fantasy land with no issues. If you think the West has institutionalised racism, then you haven’t gone to Japan. I hear it’s better the past few years, but it was hard for foreigners to even open a bank account in Japan, or to get official hanko. Stores can (and do) prevent foreigners from going into them. I remember one store banning roundeyes from coming in.

Good infrastructure makes sense, as they’re a wealthy country that’s densely populated—the latter is something that the USA isn’t outside of a few metro areas. As for healthcare… well, it’s the USA that is quite radical for not having a basic net. It’s a norm elsewhere in the first world.

 

Not gonna lie, I actually love the hyper demanding workaholism of japanese culture, also the concept of honne and tatemae, albeit can be a bit toxic sometimes, it ensures a more cohesive society and interaction among strangers.

 

Have you actually tried living in that work culture though? If not, you might not be able to understand how hard it is.

 

You underestimate my workaholism sir hahahaha I know people that have been living there for some years and they "nightmare histories" I was like "sounds like paradise to me"

 

Workaholism just mean that you are a slave of the society and you like it. Congratulations bro.