&gt; If you just want the things you list, you can go somewhere much cheaper than Tokyo (e.g. central US, northern&#x2F;western Europe - as you say, any large city in a developed country will do)<p>Right, I&#x27;m not claiming Tokyo is <i>the</i> best place for startups. Just that there&#x27;s an investment opportunity (I was going to say &quot;arbitrage&quot; but that&#x27;s too strong as it implies risklessness).