I lived in Japan for about a year. I just renewed the tourist visa every 3 months, or whatever the timeframe was. I did some work for Japanese companies too but

I lived in Japan for about a year. I just renewed the tourist visa every 3 months, or whatever the timeframe was. I did some work for Japanese companies too but it was all under the table. I have friends and family who do this sort of thing all the time. I don't think living abroad is really all that hard, the people on hn.yc just have a bug up their butt when it comes to doing visas in the officially sanctioned manner. A bizarre attitude coming from a pack of break-the-rules startup mavericks, IMHO.