BrikoX@lemmy.zipM to Technology@lemmy.zip • 9 months agoJapan to introduce six-month residency visa for 'digital nomads'external-linkmessage-square5 fedilinkarrow-up114
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minus-squareVampire [any]hexbear4·9 months agoisn't the idea of digital nomadding to go to countries with low cost-of-living link
minus-squarearabiclearnerhexbear3·9 months ago Japan has low cost of living Only in the rural areas where people struggle to get jobs. Where the jobs are, in the cities, cost is extremely high. If you're a digital nomad then you can use your money from other sources to live cheaply in the Japanese countryside. link
minus-squarewopazoo [he/him]hexbear3·edit-29 months agoCoL in Japanese cities is low for someone on a western salary (which is what we're talking about here) https://livingcost.org/cost/new-york/tokyo Monthly CoL 1-person: US$1363 Tokyo vs. $4030 NYC link
isn't the idea of digital nomadding to go to countries with low cost-of-living
Japan has low cost of living
Only in the rural areas where people struggle to get jobs. Where the jobs are, in the cities, cost is extremely high. If you're a digital nomad then you can use your money from other sources to live cheaply in the Japanese countryside.
CoL in Japanese cities is low for someone on a western salary (which is what we're talking about here)
https://livingcost.org/cost/new-york/tokyo
Monthly CoL 1-person: US$1363 Tokyo vs. $4030 NYC