Very curious about this question. Coming from EU and US, I usually get the ballpark rent range I can afford just looking at the monthly net salary, completely ignoring the bonus.
I'm soon moving to Tokyo and my salary is ¥6.4M, but this includes around ¥1.5M of bonus. I got the impression that bonus is much less volatile in Japan, so it sounds like I should include it, but looking for some suggestions.
by Mikeye92