Hey, my fiancé and I are getting married soon, and we've been thinking about where to spend our married life together. We met while I was traveling in Japan, and have spent time together in my home country in Europe (Austria, Vienna). I'm a software engineer so I earn decent money, but Vienna is quite expensive, and she will probably only be working part time in our future. Without German it's really hard to find something decent here, and it will also be hard for her to make friends. So we've been thinking about moving to an English speaking country for a while, Canada, and Australia being some of our favorites. I've also been thinking about America due to my job, or other European countries like England, Switzerland, or even something like Netherlands or Sweden where English is common. Lately I've had the feeling that my fiancé kinda misses Japan so I've been thinking about how married life for us would be living there. My job and education is good, but I'm not sure how well we'd fare in Japan, more specifically Tokyo. I don't speak Japanese fluently yet, but I'm studying, and I will probably take her last name after marriage in case we decide to move to Japan.
I'm worried about finding a similarly good job in Japan as a software engineer, and also about the cost of living in regards to apartments, cars, etc. – food will be a LOT cheaper in Tokyo, but my apartment in Vienna is state financed so it's kinda cheap.
Do any of you have insights to share or have been in similar situations?
by occasionally_smart