Louise Bremner wrote:
> Smith <fake@email.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>Is it possible to survive in Tokyo on ¥200,000 per month? 
> 
> 
> Many, many Japanese people do....
> 
> But is this a salary you will receive as a foreigner? I thought the
> minimum that the Ministry of Justice expected to see for a visa
> application was 250,000 yen.

Part-time work, on a working holiday visa. After one year I would have 
to consider visa issues if I wanted to stay on.

The rent costs I described was just an example I found at this real 
estate agent:
http://www.sakura-house.com/english/premise/machiya.htm

That apartment is 85,000 - 88,000 ¥