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by skhr0680 1461 days ago
The average wage in Japan is roughly twice as much as then, so about 200k in today's money
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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.