How expensive is life in Japan?
Things like groceries, rent, do you pay for TV and stuff.
I guess it's all relative!
I mean, I've been living here for 10 years, my salary is in Yen, I buy things in Yen, I think in Yen. So for me everything is reasonably priced, with the exception of fruit for some reason which is incredibly high!
But for someone living in a country with a poorer economy like the US, I could see it being considered "expensive" for a majority of things!
If you're from a super-high economy country like Australia and New Zealand, then many things would be considered "cheap", especially videogames!
It's funny you mention rent though, I still consider that to be very high and very unfairly priced. When you move somewhere you have to pay rent FOUR OR FIVE TIMES OVER in advance just to move in, and you will never see that back. Therefore for a 80,000yen apartment (average size/price for Japan) you will have to pay up to 400,000 up front ($3,700 American dollars!).
As for TV, some people pay the NHK (national broadcaster) fee, but most don't (they lie and say they don't watch TV). You can also pay for cable and/or satellite for some US channels like BBC News, FOX and MTV Japan.
Hope that's a satisfying enough answer for ya!