Is all japan expensive or it's only tokyo?

Question:

are there some areas in japan where someone could live with an affordable budget.. for rent,food,internet,hanging out few times per week just normal life
it's known that tokyo is veeeeery expensive for rent food & everything they say even 3000$ is not enough for basics like food & rent alone

Answer:

Depends on your lifestyle, but you can easily live on $3000 per month. If you want to pay less for rent, try a suburb or some other medium sized city.
Try looking at
www.tokyopriceguide.com

for some typical prices - they are more or less the same for many items across Japan. Rent varies widely though.