Why are so many Tokyo apartments not foreigner friendly?

Meet Sandul, a real estate agent in Tokyo. He sits down to talk to us about the reality of renting, the difficulties of renting as a foreigner or student, and how to settle in as a new resident in Japan.

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0:00 Intro

0:50 Meet Sandul

1:27 Scholarship in Japan

10:00 Sri Lankan student association

14:27 First job in Japan

21:47 Start in content creation

25:27 Japanese house tour videos

31:29 Why do people let you film their house?

34:30 Start in real estate industry

38:20 Foreigner friendly apartments?

42:54 Biggest surprises in real estate

47:07 What makes a good property?

49:24 How long it takes to rent

54:06 Where Sandul lives

57:05 Sandul's favorite stories

1:04:50 What people should know about his interviewees

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