If you are getting paid 10¥ and your neighbor is making £10 then yes, the yen is comparatively worthless as a wage. Money does work like that when you are talk

If you are getting paid 10¥ and your neighbor is making £10 then yes, the yen is comparatively worthless as a wage. Money does work like that when you are talking about an actual comparable wage. The pound and euro are much more comparable because you could get the same job for the same number, just in a currency that is worth more so you can send some back to your home country.(like many Immigrants do in many host countries) Switzerland is also a continental country, you can literally walk to it if you were so inclined from any of the EU nations (except the UK and Republic of Ireland) and not spend a penny to get there. It is mainly common sense vs what people feel is right, really.