My friend and I have been living in America for roughly seventeen years now. After finishing high school, the two of us plan on moving to Japan. We are not sure in which prefecture we wish to stay. However, after moving we are determined to never go back. Which also means we will be changing out names. Providing we do everything right, we wish to become Japanese citizens.
Our main goal for doing this is not to cop-out and live a life of anime and fooling around. We genuinely do not wish to stay in American any longer. After breaking this down, we feel as though there are less opportunities to seek out happiness in this country. By not going to college in America is to ensure we have the money to create an education for ourselves in Japan.
Here are some details we are wondering about.
- Will having only a high school eduction make it extremely difficult? (Ex; getting an apartment/job) I know it will be hard, but not impossible.
- Continuing on that note, would it be hard to enter community colleges?
- If not a Japanese citizen, can we apply for loans?
- Would having basic to conversational Japanese language skills impair our ability to get a decent job?
- Should we worry about things like health insurance?
- What are the rates for shipping items(No furniture) to Japan?
- In addition, we have a cat that neither of us wish to leave behind. Do many apartments allow cats?
- We are incredibly good with English due both of us being writers and poets. If we could teach English in Japan, what schooling on our part would that require?
Thanks for the help!