Apartments even in Tokyo are still quite cheap compared to today's rents in major American cities, and not needing to own a car also cuts living expenses massiv

Apartments even in Tokyo are still quite cheap compared to today's rents in major American cities, and not needing to own a car also cuts living expenses massively compared to living in the US. Someone coming from a German city with good public transit might not think it's that cheap though. But a lot of digital nomads are Americans.