My one concern is having work-life balance and affordable living
As a Japanese person, I’d say that having a work-life balance in Japan isn’t very common. If I were you, I’d look for only a foreign company located in Japan (a.k.a. 外資系)
I ideally want to live somewhere very clean (like Japan!) with lots of things to do too.
How about Vienna, Austria? I’ve been there several times, and I find the city very very clean. It’s smaller than (let’s say) Tokyo, so it might not offer “lots of things to do”. Still, its international airport is well-connected to the other EU countries, so it’ll be easy to travel around Europe from there.
As a Japanese person, I’d say that having a work-life balance in Japan isn’t very common. If I were you, I’d look for only a foreign company located in Japan (a.k.a. 外資系)
How about Vienna, Austria? I’ve been there several times, and I find the city very very clean. It’s smaller than (let’s say) Tokyo, so it might not offer “lots of things to do”. Still, its international airport is well-connected to the other EU countries, so it’ll be easy to travel around Europe from there.