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r/japanlife is a subreddit with 662k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has high activity.
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Anything relevant to living or working in Japan such as lifestyle, food, style, environment, education, technology, housing, work, immigration, sport etc.
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Popular Themes in r/japanlife
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is it true we should stop using Yahoo Japan mail?"
19 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "社長 demands 210,000 yen penalty after contractor hospitalized and gave notice—need help"
8 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Planning for divorce with mentally unstable Japanese wife and (at least) shared custody over kids"
8 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "Buying a pc in japan 2025. Are these prices normal for prebuilts?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/japanlife
#1
Japan
: "Just got the call—my visa was approved! (Same-sex marriage / Designated Activities visa in Japan)"
91 posts
#2
Japanese
: "Is “Japanese work culture” just being unreasonable?"
23 posts
#3
Questions
: "Daily Boss Super Premium Deluxe Stupid Questions Thread - 15 August 2025"
12 posts
#4
Visa
: "Obtaining a Chinese Visa as an American (Japanese Resident)"
9 posts
#5
Work
: "Is “Japanese Work culture” just being unreasonable?"
7 posts
#6
Culture
: "Is “Japanese work Culture” just being unreasonable?"
6 posts
#7
Language
: "Language school asked us to submit our bank statement EVERY month"
6 posts
#8
Tokyo
: "Moving to Tokyo help"
6 posts
#9
Pr
: "Pr Denied. Reason Article 22 Paragraph 2 - what went wrong?"
6 posts
#10
Question
: "Hair care Question - I’m confused"
5 posts
Member Growth in r/japanlife
Yearly
+82k members(14.2%)
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