so interesting to know some insiders facts about Japan;) not all these boring (because they are written everywhere) facts but really something alive and true, real people's life.
Btw here in my city renting an appartment costs near the same! I was suprised. I thought in Japan it will be more expensive. Can I ask you about average salaries there? In my city it's about 300$, and renting 1-room flat (abour 30 sq.m) costs 200$. Fine, yeah? how we all are still alive - it's a miracle... maybe that's why russians are immortal:)) but wait...no...Japanese people live longer;))) you 've won;)))
I believe the average income is about $3000 usd. But that’s white collared and blue collared together I believe. If you just talk about white collared jobs, 5000-8000 isn’t strange, though most new employees start very very low and work their way up to that over years. Minimum wage is around $10 an hour. The income gap is growing because those nice white collared jobs are getting harder to find and temp workers are becoming really common. Apartments costs $600-$1000 for single people in many parts of the city, a meal costs $8-10 and entertainment is stupid expensive...a local concert costs $25 minimum, sometimes twice that, not local can cost $80-300. Music festivals $300+ That’s why I mostly hang out at friends bars and the park lol
Cheap clothes $15-20....decent cloths...$150+ which is why I wear rags lol. English teachers make closer to minimum wage