Foreign tourists take selfies with a statue of Buddha in the Asakusa area of Tokyo on April 15. | AFP-JIJI

As more Americans look to move overseas, Japan is among the most searched places for relocation, according to a new report from Country Navigator, a training platform that specializes in globalized workplaces.

The year 2025 was labeled a record year for Americans looking to move overseas, while U.S. think tank Brookings found that the U.S. had experienced negative migration in 2025, the first time in decades.

But while Japan is high on many American’s preliminary searches — those looking to relocate ranked the country in sixth place, with 49,400 searches — practical factors, including language, rendered it further down the list.

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