Cost of Living in Japan – FAQ

Question :

Hello All,

Can someone please tell me , how much is the monthly expenditure in Tokyo if only husband is working in IT company and size of the family is 2 adults and one school going kid. Is 15 million in Japan enough ?

Also is child education is free there up to a certain class like in Europe?

TIA.

General answer:

While coming to Japan there can be substantial increase in your expenses considering school fees, taxes(income tax, ward tax), pension contributions. & health insurance. You must understand this before you decide. Amount in hand can be a crunch based on the lifestyle you are used to in India.

Depends on your priorities. But 15 M is good enough for starting a life in Japan. The standard of living is definitely much better than India. If you have been a global traveler earlier, it will definitely add weightage to your profile going forward. As already been given a rough estimate I will just quickly give a rundown of the same.
Rent is 150k to 200k depending on your choice of apartment.
Electricity, Phones, Internet and Gas will be 50-60k yen
Grocery will be 10-15k
Daily Vegetable and Supplies will be 1000-1500 per day. So it will be 30k-45k per month
School costs for IB schools will be 2.5 M yen to 3.2 M yen per child
School costs for Indian International School will be 600k per year as of now per child if studying in Grade 9 and below else it will be 1200k per year
Taxes and Social Security will be 200-250k yen per month

Answer:
Hope this gives you some additional points too

Relocating to Japan.. What you should know?

Major cost of living components are as follows:
1. House: Rent per month (Ranging from 80k(Myoden), to 95K, 110K (Nishikasai area) and can go up to 160K or beyond based on your personal choice
2. School: English schools in Japan are not free. Japanese schools are free. Depends on schools you might want to go for. Fee range is from 50K/month to 2 lacs/month. There are Japanese schools which are basically free but most of the Indians prefer to send their kids to a CBSE based schools, IB, IGCSE- Cambridge boards and so on.

English Schools and Major Universities in Japan

3. Food : Food expenses are very personal. Should come around 50 K.

How Costly is Japan ? (Video by Neha Singla Arya)

4. Legal/Tax/Social security: Also take into consideration professional tax, ward tax, pension, medical insurance are compulsory and are dedicated and depend on your salary

5. Mode of transport is basically train, buses and other public transport for commute. Commute expenses will depend upon distance to office but can be counted from 10K to 20K. Most of the companies pay it as actuals

6. Utility bills (Water, Gas, Electricity) should be under 20K depending on house size and personal way of usage.  Internet, Mobile might not exceed 15-20K for 2 mobile phones with no data limits/house internet included.

In community, some answered this question with figure 1 to 2 lacs, some friends said 2 lac 40 thousand and some said said 3 lacs.

For most of the people we have spoken to and based on our life experience here, this amount should come between 2,00,000 yens to 2,50,000 yens assuming you are living a comfortable family life. One can go extreme to reduce this.

On the other hand, there are no upper limits to this amount and can vary a lot depending on if one decides to use personal vehicles, pay for parking, owns one house over renting or does invest in assets or businesses here.

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