Live as in House owning, marrying, etc. Basically nearly everything you would do just without a citizenship? As long as you speak the language, of course.
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They probably have a "permanent resident" status like the U.S. does. Marrying a citizen would almost certainly give you the ability to live there indefinitely without having to take Japanese citizenship.
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You usually need working or student visa to live in Japan. For working visa, you have to get a job offer from a Japanese company. But you can't look for a job in Japan without a visa. So you need it before you enter Japan. For student visa, you have to be admitted to a Japanese college. You need to pay tuition and living cost for 4 years. It could be about $80,000. If you want to become a Japanese citizen, you have to keep living in Japan for more than 5 years without a pause. Then, you will be eligible to apply for citizenship. But you need more like stable income, sufficient reason, Japanese language skill and so on if you want your application to be accepted. You can apply for Permanent Residence of Japan under the same condition. And this is relatively easier than citizenship.
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If you're an American you can only stay 90 days as a visitor.This visitor visa can only be renewed once in a 12 month period. The Japanese government requires you have a reason to be there.You would need a work or student visa, or one of the other visas available.You just can't move there and set up house.A house is very expensive there.Even if you had that kind of money,you can only stay as long as your visa is good for. If you happened to marry a Japanese person,you wouldn't have to worry about a visa. Actually citizenship is very hard to obtain.
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