>>2019209Unlike the stereotype of Japan being closed to immigration things are changing very quickly now, due to population decline there is no choice. Japan is much easier to immigrate to than the US for example.
If you find a job, getting sponsored for a visa is something very easy and cheap (which your company will take care of). Once you live here you can get permanent residency (like a better green card) quite quickly as long as you don't commit crimes and pay your taxes and pension properly.
>Aren't lower birthrates and high elder population still a huge issue that will affect everyone?Why would that be an issue for you specifically? In the big cities population is still stable because young people flock there. Japan is an extremely dense island. Having a bit less people wouldn't be such a bad thing. Birthrates are higher than anywhere else in East Asia and immigration is quickly increasing.
>What do you mean Tokyo is too big? I just hit my record of 70 miles in a single day and want to do more.Tokyo is the biggest city in the world. It doesn't have a grid pattern like Osaka or Kyoto, so you cannot use calm parallel roads to cycle, you have to use busy arterials with no cycling lanes (so most people just cycle on the sidewalk, which is legal but not great if you have a road bike with skinny tires).
Cycling is also much better in the Kansai area (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe) because there are many beautiful mountains nearby. Not so in Tokyo which is just endless city as far as the eye can see.
>How do you feel about natural disasters? I hear they still haven't had "the big one" yet?Japan have a very high risk of earthquakes especially, but it's also the country most prepared for that in the world. Any post 1982 building and you are very likely to survive even in the event of a massive earthquake. It's just not worth worrying about if I'm honest.
