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After some negotiation, the monthly rent was set at 230,000 yen, with one month's rent required as a deposit. Since it was the 15th of the month, they only had to pay for half a month's rent upfront.
Then came the other fees.
There was the "key money" (reikin), a non-refundable gift to the landlord equivalent to one month's rent, essentially a "thank you for letting me rent your house" fee. In Japan, the landlord is truly king. The agency commission was another month's rent p ...
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