Mariah de Visser comments

Renting in Japan is waste of money. If you have enough savings, good income, working for a stable company (the bigger the better) and a permanent residence you can get a loan from the bank with an interest rate around 0.5% /0.7%. Ofcourse the rate depends on how much money you want to borrow. Investing in real estate in Japan comes with lots of benefits. As an owner you get high tax return. I am talking about investing in an income one room appartement which means you are not living in the appartment but you rent it out. Even you already have a loan for your own house you can get a loan because there are 2 different housing loan systems in Japan. 1 for your own house and 1 for investing in property.

I can't stop with laughing =) Never read such a funny story like this.