An increasing number of Japanese are relocating to Southeast Asia, not just to spend their retirement years in countries with temperate climates, but to do business and give their children a chance to master English.
And now, a new trend is emerging: In the wake of 3/11, some Japanese have grown wary about living in a nation shaken by natural disasters and scarred by the world's worst nuclear disaster in a quarter of a century.
In southern Malaysia, plans are currently under way to develop a "Little Tokyo" at the center of Johor Bahru, a section of the country adjacent to the region's major financial hub, Singapore.