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

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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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2018/02/20/commentary/japan-commentary/new-entrance-exam-isnt-right-answer/#.Wukb7ExuIuV
MEXT (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology: Japan) Guide for foreign students to start school - http://www.mext.go.jp/en/policy/education/elsec/title02/detail02/1373857.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_Japan
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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
Infographic: Proud to be Canadian https://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/11-627-m/11-627-m2015002-eng.htm
Downtown East Point Georgia By Vincerelli86 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
Your Lie in April
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Office Space
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Science class in Japanese elementary school By NJo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17763691
JapaneseClassroom2 By tony cassidy from Nottingham, UK - Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1661437
Japanese classroom By Bobo12345 at English Wikipedia - Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1142375
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Diet of Japan Kokkai 2009 By Wiiii - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10972089

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