Is life in Japan fun? Worthwhile?

Question:

I asked a question earlier about the work load in Japan and if there were any jobs that didn't last up to 12 hours per day... I got responses about karoshi and how work is such a huge thing there and how much time it takes up..
But, with the answers, I had to start to wonder.. If life is so strict and work is so harsh there, is it fun? I've wanted to move there for a while, but I don't want to give up a family life or time to have fun and enjoy myself. I don't know if my nation is just spoiled or if i'm delusional or neither, but I still have to wonder.
So, is life in Japan fun/good? How so? What makes it worth living there?

Answer:

Listen to Blacktea Time. As a Japanese, I can assure you that everything he says is true.

You are often required to work on weekend, often without salary. If you refused, you will get fired. Many workers are obeying to this "slavery" labor because there is no other way they can survive in this society.

As a husband, the hours you can spend with your family, the number of sex, lol, and everything will be LESS than you could have in Western countries.

You are often ordered to move to another place in Japan without wife and children. In fact, wife and children could go with you. But they sometimes refuse it because they do not want children to go to another school. So you will be alone. There are many husbands like this in Japan.

Japanese wives see it usual that husbands work like slaves for very long hours.

And given this reality, many young men and women are getting reluctant, or giving up to get married and have children. Many just have low-paying job or no job at all. It takes so much money to raise kids in Japan. Look at how low marriage rate and birth rate are in Japan.


And if you are young, you will have to pay much taxes to support huge number of elderly people. Now 23% of Japanese population is 65 or older. But it's going to be more than 40% in 2050. So will your children.

There is huge "generation gap" in Japan. But this generation gap is financial. Those who are in 20s or 30s will receive MUCH LESS pension when they become 60 or 70, than those who are in 60s or 70s now.

Japanese population is expected to decline rapidly in the next 50-100 years because of these factors. But this is what Japan deserves.

Japan achieved high economic growth during 1960-90, by letting its people work like slaves. But now it's paying its cost.