About the same as the typical online worker.

About the same as the average online worker.

Haven’t applied nor been to the country, but looked into it briefly. Seems like a lot of marketing hype and had low participation from the merchants.

Who will take the pesos, though? They’ll be worthless.

It sounds like the idea in your head is that Japan is where you want to be. But the reality of work/life balance, type of work, etc. are all lacking. Try nomading for a while and see if you find a place you like.