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by wodenokoto 1461 days ago
What is 100k 1983 yen in todays equivalent?

An Apple Watch sits at ~50k yen today.

2 comments

The average wage in Japan is roughly twice as much as then, so about 200k in today's money
Not 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.
1983 ¥100k => 2022 ¥126824 => 2022 $938