I honestly wouldn't recommend Japanese schools for a foreign child. The Japanese not only don't celebrate diversity, but condemn it. The child that is different will be bullied unmercifully, and the teachers may well encourage it.
Japanese schools are very rigid and demanding. Children are pressured to perform. Parents don't send their children to bed but urge them to stay up at night and study. I don't know how old your child is, but an older child would have a hard time adjusting. The language is hard to pick up. The way courses are distributed are different. It takes 18 months to learn as much Japanese as one can learn in 3 months. If you have an older child that has not been on a fast track mathmatics program, your child will probably be far behind. I don't think US schools have started requiring calculus for high school graduation. Japan does (as do European countries).
Also, a lot of teaching jobs are at night. There are no babysitters in Japan, as it is the mother's responsibility to be available at all times. Even if there were babysitters, you wouldn't be able to afford them. If I were taking a child to Japan, I'd want a private international school. Maybe some other people here would have a different opinion, but that is mine.
Most teachers in Japan teach ESL, which generally pays enough for one person to live and maybe save. The key word is 'one'. The salaries are designed for young people just out of college looking for an adventure.
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