Japanese Quality of Life: My Family's Experience in Tokyo

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I often get asked "How’s Life in Japan?" What I think they’re really asking is what is the quality of life like. I live in Tokyo, the biggest metropolitan area in the world. It’s got to be a hectic life, right? The easiest answer I can give is "I bought a house".

There’s a lot that factors into quality of life: health, family, education, environment, social belonging, recreation and leisure time, and a bunch of financial stuff that influences the cost and standard of living.

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The follow-up video about our family’s cost of living is at https://youtu.be/2Vi2xePezOE

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Quality of Life - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_life
Standard of Living - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_of_living
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