I have an offer at a defense contractor that I can pick between Yokosuka or Zama for 120k in USD + free housing + TS clearance / SCI with a lot of SCIF work (basically no phones/stuck in a windowless room a lot of the day) and another offer of a completely remote public trust job in US EST that would be like 5 hours a week of actual work (I've worked for them before, so basically you'd get paid to play video games at home lmao).
The JP contractor job recruiter said a lot of people in the path end up just retiring in Japan or hog the positions and don't leave because they love it there, but I've heard horror stories online about how difficult integrating is, how hard it is to make friends, language barriers, etc… so I'm kinda scared of doing it. Reading Reddit threads online in random subs makes it seem like Japanese society is really cold and tough. But I've traveled a few times in Japan 2 weeks each and liked it as a tourist w/ N4 dekinai nihongo skills but that's completely different. I'm 35 male if it matters and single, I'd imagine dating is tough there too.
Anyone with experience working in both JP/USA, what would you pick in my situation?
I'm kinda feeling like the remote job would be way more cozy, but my money would go further and Japan and I feel like I'll kinda regret not at least trying it.
by TrumpShartSlurper