I'm sure you'll love it there Nigel. Japanese people as we know are very disciplined and killing themselves doing their job is very typical of them too. They are very warm and very respectful (one can see that in the way they bow their heads to show their respect). I know all these as my Mum has got a bit of Jap blood in her, also, my sister is married to a Japanese bloke and been in Japan for 8 years now. She teaches English for young children. The language is quite hard to learn and Nihongo is their national language.