With tax taking around 65% of top-earners’ salaries, an opaque visa system, little English spoken and few chances of local friendships, the well-to-do are saying “sayonara” to the Tokyo dream in droves Michael Fitzpatrick reports
“I phoned the relevant ministry a few times to say it was cruel to route these flights over central Tokyo,” one ex-Azabu resident toldThe uglification of what used to be “the world’s most beautiful city” before westernisation does not stop there.
One of the most expensive areas in Tokyo’s centre is filled with unsightly car parks, dangling power lines and no pavements “There are maybe seven or eight condos on the market in Tokyo now that are more than 300 square metres. In Manhattan you might find as many as 800 active listings,” she says.
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