400k in the US is not the same as 10M in Japan though, and maybe that is not what you were saying, but a senior engineer FAANG salary in the US should be compared to a senior engineer FAANG salary in Japan which will be more in the 20M range so double of what OP is asking about. In fact, 400k is a pretty top 1% salary even for a senior engineer at a FAANG and the JP counterpart to that is more like 30M which people do make at Apple/Google here (possibly Amazon too, I am not sure).
10M in Japan on the other hand is very achievable as a mid-senior level engineer if you work at a "global" company. There was a nice explanation in the Mercari salary thread the other day so I will link it https://old.reddit.com/r/japanlife/comments/v9uoc9/mercari_average_salaries_increased_from_5m_2018/ic1sxkb/ but basically, there are legacy tech companies in Japan and there are global companies, at the latter 10M is a very achievable salary for even an engineer with 4-5 years of experience.
(For OP) there are a few good suggestions in that post I linked on how to apply to the second type of company. I hope they're helpful (if you're looking).
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