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   scroll (scroll@social.076.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 17:59:26 JST scroll

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   I don't feel like wrestling with PushShift and this user got banned off the Reddit, but he dropped some valuable insights on life in Japan as a single male expat. There are probably more stories like that that people loath to share.
   
   "As I get older renting is going to become more and more challenging - even at my current relatively young age I've already run into age discrimination from landlords. I plan to live the rest of my life here and feel that without a home of my own there's a tangible risk I'll be homeless and/or get deported when I'm older." -- https://old.reddit.com/r/JapanFinance/comments/qp9v56/need_some_advice_on_how_to_unscrew_my_future/
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     寮 (ryo@social.076.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-2023 17:59:26 JST 寮

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     As we were talking about the sexes, I thought you meant he was discriminated against just for being a male.
     Now that you mention age, this starts making more sense now.
     Age discrimination is real, especially towards foreigners because unlike Japanese citizens, foreigners can just flee unexpectedly and foreign courts will not rule in the landlord's favor while national courts will be like "he has no residence in Japan and no Japanese nationality, so we can't take your case sir".
     Whether him being single or married has nothing to do with it really.
     Otherwise you'd be denying the fact there's an abundance of single men renting apartments and mansions without any problem whatsoever nationwide.