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The average wage in Japan is roughly twice as much as then, so about 200k in today's money
by skhr0680 4y ago
The average wage in Japan is roughly twice as much as then, so about 200k in today's money
- samatman 4y agoNot a bad Fermi estimate, but even in Japan they're paying more for housing and health care than they did in the 80s, I'd call it 150k. A sibling comment of yours did what's presumably a straight CPI conversion to ~130K, so this is kind of cheating, but napkin math is a good habit to keep fresh.