r/japanlife is a subreddit with 732k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, japan, annoying, struggling, and find, and they frequently recommend/review protein powder, protein, and coffee.
For residents of Japan only - if you do not reside in Japan you are welcome to read, but do not post or comment or you will be removed.
Anything relevant to living or working in Japan such as lifestyle, food, style, environment, education, technology, housing, work, immigration, sport etc.
Rakuten Employees: Do not attempt to distribute your referral codes. We will treat it as spam. Tell Mikitani to take his forced marketing and shove it where the sun don't shine.
Popular Themes in r/japanlife
#1
Advice Requests
: "Have you regretted after buying home in Japan ?"
14 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "Dermatologist for Black Skin"
10 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Update: Employer won’t let me take off to go to immigration. Wtf?"
6 posts
Popular Topics in r/japanlife
#1
Looking For A
61 posts
#2
Japan
29 posts
#3
Annoying
19 posts
#4
Struggling
18 posts
#5
Find
13 posts
#6
Looking For A Good
13 posts
#7
Japanese
11 posts
#8
Job
: "Recruiter for a PART-TIME Job wants my husband to meet my employer? Is this normal?"
10 posts
#9
Tokyo
10 posts
#10
Hate
9 posts
Products Discussed in r/japanlife
Protein Powder
58 reviews
#1
MyProtein
4.1★ from 9 reviews
#2
Optimum Nutrition
4.4★ from 7 reviews
#3
X-plosion
4.2★ from 5 reviews
Protein
46 reviews
#1
Myprotein
4.1★ from 8 reviews
#2
Optimum Nutrition
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
GronG
3.5★ from 4 reviews
Coffee
32 reviews
#1
Lawson Coffee
4.6★ from 5 reviews
#2
7-11 Coffee
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#3
UCC
4.7★ from 3 reviews
Flair Used in r/japanlife
#1
Immigration
: "To those whose PR applications were rejected,what reason did immigration give after the 20-day wait?"
13 posts
#2
やばい
: "Passively fought back against harassment for the first time and it feels amazing."
11 posts
#3
Jobs
: "Unfair dismissal in Japan and winning a 7-month settlement"
11 posts
#4
FAQ
: "Have you regretted after buying home in Japan ?"
6 posts
#5
Medical
: "FYI: Mad cow disease restrictions for blood donations to be lifted from this autumn"
6 posts
#6
Housing 🏠
: "My husband’s family are blackmailing him otherwise they refuse to move out the house"
6 posts
#7
Shopping
: "Rakuten Ichiba locked my account & now I can't access Rakuten Mobile / Rakuten Link either."
5 posts
#8
Exit Strategy 💨
: "I hate this country and can’t wait to leave"
4 posts
#9
日常
: "TELL Lifeline, the English crisis line, is looking for volunteers for the Autumn training session"
4 posts
#10
Tokyo
: "How do I avoid the age discrimination trap when looking for a new job at 55?"
3 posts
Member Growth in r/japanlife
Yearly
+66k members(9.9%)
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Last updated: September 13, 2026