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New Reasons To Visit Japan—Digital Nomad Visas And High City Rankings
12.02.2024 - 13:29 / forbes.com / Massimo Bottura
Ever wanted to live in Japan? Well, it's quite possibly perfect timing. Japan announced it is launching a Digital Nomad visa for remote workers from 49 countries and territories, and Time Out placed Tokyo and Osaka in its Top 50 Cities for 2024. Plus if you're used to New York City prices, Japan might feel cheaper.
In its sixth annual list of the Best Cities in the World, Time Out places Tokyo at Number eight, after New York, Cape Town, Berlin, London, Madrid, Mexico City and Liverpool. The authors cite the teamLab Borderless digital art museum as one of the most exciting cultural openings of the year, as well as having some of the world's best restaurants—Massimo Bottura’s Gucci Osteria, Antwerp’s Le Pristine (which is Michelin-starred), and MAZ. In addition, it has some of the most punctual public transport, is scrupulously clean and has some of the best architecturally-designed public bathrooms.
Osaka was placed in 48th place, citing how it is often called 'the nation’s kitchen’ due to the delicious okonomiyaki (savoury pancake) restaurants and kushi-katsu (deep-fried skewer) counters, that won't break the bank.
The Time Out ranking is partly based on polling of city-dwellers on the quality and affordability of the food, culture and nightlife and how their city makes them feel, from happiness to romance. This info is then cross-referenced with other cities they would most like to live in, as well as staff writers and editors who are based in cities worldwide.
It obviously depends on where you currently live, but Tokyo and Osaka rank as relatively inexpensive in terms of cost of living compared to places such as New York City, for instance.
In current Numbeo rankings, both Osaka and Tokyo are about 50% cheaper for cost of living (plus rent) than New York City, and Japan generally has a cost of living that is 24% less than in France.
As a guide, in the Economist's 2023 rankings of The World's Most Expensive Cities, New York city came joint third with Geneva (after Zurich and Singapore).
The Digital Nomad visa is part of a move to continue opening up the economy to tourists more generally, as well as to foreign workers—two million already live and work in the country. In 2023, 25 million visitors arrived, which is the largest number since 2019, partly due to the weak Yen, giving arriving tourists more spending power. A large percentage of these were from Singapore and Taiwan, whereas before the pandemic, visitors would have come from China and the U.S.
The Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry would like to see 60 million visitors annually by 2030, bringing a lot more spending with them.
People from all 27 EU member states (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech
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