> Talent market: with specific regards to foreign entrepreneurs hiring in Tokyo, I often find that they have... interesting expectations. "Hey I'd like to find

> Talent market: with specific regards to foreign entrepreneurs hiring in Tokyo, I often find that they have... interesting expectations. "Hey I'd like to find a bilingual Japanese/English engineer who has startup-compatible risk tolerances, is comfortable working in a bicultural environment under a minimum amount of supervision, can solo-ship code in one or more modern programming stacks, and is willing to work for $2.5k per month." I think if you also have this expectation, you will not find the Tokyo labor market to be accommodating of your desires. Are you sure about this? Honest question. I read a lot of posts, especially in threads like this one on HN and other places, by developers typically in their early twenties, who want to go to Japan and work for a few years and experience something different, before heading back home and getting a proper job. Some of them are going to be fine with pretty much any salary that pays the bills (and $2.5k can pay the bills for a twenty-something with no responsibilities in Tokyo - this is a typical salary for an English teacher here). I don't know how serious they are but surely some of them find their way over here. Of course it sucks to compete with this if you're an engineer who wants to stay here long-term and earn an actual living - but from the perspective of an entrepreneur it's great. It's sort of like being a games developer, except you're not limited to making games.