I moved to Japan alone. Building cabins in the countryside helped me feel at home.

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Mori Nishimura moved to Japan, worked in real estate, and started a business.

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We moved to Japan 3 years ago. We have a lower cost of living and travel more.

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The author and her family moved from New Zealand to Kobe, Japan three years ago and have settled into their new life nicely.

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I paid $35,000 a person for a 10-night ultra-luxury Ritz-Carlton cruise through Japan. Here's what that price got us.

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Our ultra-luxury cruise through Japan aboard Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection's Luminara felt special.

David Morris

I took a solo trip to Japan in my 20s. My experience traveling there alone as an English-speaking woman astonished me.

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I went to Japan by myself in my 20s. My experience as an English-speaking solo female traveler there surprised me in many ways.

Jodie Hughes

Moving to Japan at 22 helped my depression. At 31, I don't know where I belong.

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Laura Pollacco's original plan was to teach in Japan for two years; plans change.

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Over 200 travelers told me their biggest Japan travel mistakes. Here are the 5 that kept coming up.

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It seems like a lot of travelers make similar mistakes when they visit Japan.

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I planned to travel indefinitely — instead, I started a company in rural Japan

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Kira Bella's plan was to travel indefinitely until she visited Japan.

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I spent years worrying I'd break Japan's rules and social norms. Moving here showed me just how much tourists overthink them.

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Takeshita Street

Dylan King

I'm an entrepreneur working in Japan. The office culture has reshaped how I think about dressing for work.

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Fernando Lira

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The first Japanese destroyer to get Tomahawks will begin live-fire tests of the missiles this year

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A large, grey, Japanese warship sits at a dock.
The JS Chokai will conduct live-fire Tomahawk tests this summer.

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