[suggestion]

I figured that might be the case, thank you for the information. I think I would struggle to adjust to the Japanese work culture in order to establish residence within these constraints.

I also pretty much exclusively have software experience in government contracting so the jump to commercial would be pretty big too.

[midoridensha]

>I think I would struggle to adjust to the Japanese work culture in order to establish residence within these constraints.

Or you can work at an American company like Google (not sure if they're still hiring though; I thought I read they had a company-wide hiring freeze).