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A comment on Getting by on the Generosity of Strangers in Japan. Parent comment

Re:Getting by on the Generosity of Strangers in Japan by yamakadi on Thursday June 26, 2025 @07:08AM (#44386181)
It’s easy to say that if you aren’t living a normal life here. Grocery receipts are growing faster than they ever have. It’s all small and incremental but enough to nearly double what we spent half a decade ago.

Keep in mind this is a country where new graduate salaries have been unchanging for the past 30 years. Even small rates of inflation is relatively devastating to certain groups.

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Re:Getting by on the Generosity of Strangers in Japan by Aeolun on Saturday June 28, 2025 @06:34AM (#44403673)
Why would you suggest that I’m not living a normal life? It’s not like I’m here on an expat package (unfortunately).

The food price increases are noticeable, but even at my 21万 salary when I just got here they wouldn’t have been the end of the world. They’ve increased a lot, but they were also just insanely low before, so even with the increase it still feels reasonable.

I do think it’s heavily dependent on where you go. Some supermarkets are easily 50% more expensive by themselves.

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