Link to section🧑💻 Professional Life
62% of respondents were happy or very happy with their professional life in Japan. Stack Overflow's 2024 survey asked a similar question, and found only 20% of respondents were satisfied with their current professional developer role.
Link to section👨👩👧 Family Life
65% of respondents were happy or very happy with their family life in Japan.
Link to section💃 Social Life
52% of respondents were happy or very happy with their social life in Japan.
Greater Japanese ability correlated with higher social life satisfaction. 59% of those with fluent or native Japanese ability were happy or very happy with their social life, compared to 42% of those with basic or no Japanese ability.
Link to section⛩️ Cultural Adjustment
56% of respondents were happy or very happy with their adjustment to Japanese culture.
Greater Japanese ability correlated with higher social life satisfaction. 76% of those with fluent or native Japanese ability were happy or very happy with their social life, compared to 34% of those with basic or no Japanese ability.
Link to section❤️🩹 Quality of Life
79% of respondents were happy or very happy with their quality of life in Japan.
Link to section🏠 Housing
80% of respondents were happy or very happy with their housing situation in Japan.
Link to section💹 Financial Situation
56% of respondents were happy or very happy with their financial situation in Japan.
Satisfaction was highly correlated with compensation, with those who were very unhappy making a median of ¥5.5 million, while those who were very happy made a median of ¥13.5 million.