A while back, i looked at japanese apartments online. I dont speak the language, and i wouldn't be able to get any work im sure. It was just a fun little fantasy to indulge. But when i saw some rents for decent looking apartments, at 200, 300, and even 400 dollars worth of yen a month. I knew i needed to quadruple check my math. I couldn't believe my eyes. My town here in Massachusetts, the rent is 2100 a month!! I make just shy of 1,200 a week before taxes and dues, and i still can barely make ends meet! I indulged heavily in that fantasy for a while lol
It really is insane. There's some extra fees when you move into a place, but they're really not bad when you compare the overall price of rent in place like the USA. I think those are customary/traditional fees too, so from I've read they don't even apply them to foreigners.
It’s mostly that the US doesn’t build anything homes/apartments/condos anymore Japan does and frequently so. That’s a huge reason those rents are so much cheaper.
@@JollyGiant19 there's always a reason for things. I picked up professor Sowell's Basic Economics 5th Edition a while back, and it was depressingly enlightening. I learned _nobody_ listens to economists, especially not when politics are involved. Rent control and "affordable housing" initiatives are very much political decisions, and severely harm the housing construction market
@@JollyGiant19no. It's primarily the fact that we have at least 50 million illegal invaders and their offspring who are "citizens" to compete with on a finite amount of homes and property. Theres also factors but that is the biggest. Those mass invaders also destroy the culture with their third worldness as well but that's a separate issue.
@yuneth7474 it didn't 'suffer' from it for decades. and now the results of overturning this consistent policy are showing their evil faces on the people of the country sadly. the past few months have been quite bad, and will probably get worse
Japan still operates like $1=¥100 even though the dollar has changed so really it's more like $8/hr is $15/hr if we adjust for US and Japanese inflation. Source: I live in Japan ❤️
@@d_all_in my salary hasn't changed in years and if it were converted into dollars it would look like I'm on the poverty line but for Japanese living standards I'm doing alright.
Bear in mind that ppp is a better comparison for standard of living than exchange rate. The purchasing power of 1100 yen in japan is much higher than $8 in America
Yeah 1100¥ is on the more expensive side for a meal out in Japan. Easy as to spend only 600-700¥. My understanding from American friends is $8 will cover your tip, maybe 😂
@@estebandelasexface8193I live in NYC you'd be lucky to pay less than $15 for a meal even at a fast food joint, if you get food from halal carts or you cheap out you can bring it down to $8. Cheaper to cook for yourself I'm sure, depending
@@estebandelasexface8193$8 is enough for one drink for one person. One coffee and that's it. Corporate greed is killing us over here. That's something Japan doesn't have.
It's not just Japanese people, Asians as a race age physically the slowest out of ALL other races. Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. Not sure about the SE Asian folks though.
@trophyscene5015 southeast Asian here, I'd say it's the same with east Asians. That's just from my own personal experience from family members, friends, and myself.
No, she didn't! What she means is that the japanese government pays her rent. That's NORMAL in Japan, Germany, Austria etc., that people with low income or low retirement get their rent payed by the government out of tax payers money. That's why our streets are mostly homeless free and our camping sites are only for leasure.
He’s literally dressed like any school kid in America. Hat book bag and dress shirt. Literally couldn’t be more basic. You are fetishizing something that isn’t there.
Important content here. The editing style of it simply being the people, what they do, and how much they earn is a very needed type of insight into every one's lives.
The lady who is 91 years old and living on a pension of $700.00 a month would be homeless if she lived in the US. Her rent is $500.00 but she doesn't have to pay it. The lady looks to be in good health.
USA my rent alone is $1200 a month. Still need to cover groceries, utilities, -gas, electric, water, trash - phone, internet, insurance, etc. I live in one of the more affordable areas. Coming from someone who has lived in multiple U.S. States and has lived both urban and rural. My total expenses per year are around $26000. I don't buy anything unnecessary and only budget $600 per year for entertainment and fun, everything else goes to paying bills. That is the cost of living alone in an affordable area in the U.S.A.
The grandma is so sweet. She deserves a cookie fr Edit: you guys are taking this too seriously. I just said she can have a cookie- I don't see what's wrong with that-?
She's the reason all the kids there are breaking their backs 80 hours a week and live inside a cardboard box. Keeping the elderly around so they can complain about the newer generations isn't worth it.
(Specifically with those of Asian descent cause we tend to do this to them irregardless of age but with old people overall) Can we please stop infatalizing these people!? There’s this nasty habit we have as a society where because of pre-conceived biases will condescend and talk-down to fully grown adult, even in comparison to there non-asian elder counterparts, that woman was fully cognitiant during that conversation!? 😭
No shit, going out to eat is expensive. I've lived in LA for 15+ years, just buy staple groceries like rice/pasta/beans/sausages/bread and it's significantly more affordable than going out to eat every single day. Do y'all not know how to cook or something???
@@snowcountry322 those are actually the correct portions we need to be eating why do you think Japan is skinny and America is fat also, those portions get you full unlike greedy America who fills our food with all kinds of crap
@@Anthony-zm2nqThe point is food in general is cheaper in Japan than in LA, staple foods or otherwise. And of course you can’t really compare basic rice and beans to a good bowl of ramen.
I work in my family confectionery business in Okayama, and make 190,000 gross, or 165,000 net after taxes and such. However my wife and I live bill free with our grandfather. He's gifting us the house and refuses to take our money haha. Great family. EDIT: I'm so sorry, I didn't think everyone would think I was talking USD 🤣 I'm giving you yen numbers on my monthly salary haha
@@MansaMusa_ll_of_Timbuktu really? That's crazy. It isn't even all tax either. 16,500 of it is mandatory health insurance of 70% coverage, 30% out of pocket. As well as our pension.
@@MaxonerousX Yeah I was rooming at a townhouse with two other guys with a tiny, tiny bedroom that I also used as an office for $1100 per month. I can't believe I put up with that.
In Poland we earn like 800-100 payment in dollars but dollar is like x5 here so yeah average 3000 our currency but aparments go for like 1000-1500/month
I live in Chicago if u make less than 2500 a month USD you will basically have to scrape scraps together just to figure out what you’re going to eat. It’s even worse in LA. I can’t imagine being a stockbroker and only making 2400 monthly here he’d probably make at least 6k a month.
Watch ‘a day in the life of a Japanese firefighter’ by Paolo from Tokyo. They have a very intense schedule and are practicing nonstop. It was fascinating to see.
Mazoku is right, it’s at least 4 times more the cost of living here. Where I live a household needs to make minimum $8,000 a month just to survive without saving anything. That is until more people’s mortgage rates are up for renewal and then try cost of living 12 times that.
At first I was very startled by the low wage, but it seems the cost of living is also way lower, even for a huge city like Tokyo. It's possible to live there for a lot less; where I am even a small studio apartment will be $1000-1200/mo, plus all utilities added on, and while many places pay higher, the minimum wage is still $7.25. It is not unusual to see $8/hr restaurant jobs here if it's fast food, but many are starting to pay more like $12. Unfortunately, other wages aren't also rising; teaching here still starts at $12/hr and averages $15.
Sounds like the south around me, wages to the rent is almost the exact same. You can find a place to rent for $700, if you're willing to live with cockroaches and having your car and house broken into 3-4 times a year.
1150円per hour for toukyou is horrible. I get 1100円 but thats still a different story for fukuoka. Would be like 1400円 in toukyou if i would have to guess the actual worth considering price differences in those cities.
Teaching paying less than twice the minimal wage is criminal. I am from Germany and working as a teaching assistant I was earning around 16 Euro per hour and I still quit this job after a few years because it was too stressful. And a teacher earns a lot more. (I am talking about a primary school)
I'd love to see more interviews and interview questions like these, from around Japan and even in other countries. This is such interesting information. People of different ages and stations have such different perspectives!
Depends on where you live. LA yeah, but if you go to Texas(not urban living), you would be living ok. Not a lot of expendable income, but rent, food, utilities and car payments(not an expensive car) paid by that. Also, you do not seem to understand how small a 50000¥ ($500) a month apartment is in Tokyo.
@@teufelhund3801you will barely get by with $2,000 a month in Texas, unless you're out in the middle of nowhere, or have land passed down to you. $1,000+ for a place to live, $100 in gas, $200 in car insurance, car payment, food $200+, etc. And that's without healthcare, college, or anything else that most modern countries appreciate. The one and only thing that we have good is oil/gas prices, and that's what the politicians use the most to influence people. As long as our gas is a dollar cheaper, we don't care about our house prices going up 2-4x every decade. The US is an undeveloping country, and 95% of the problems stem from the rich having too much power over the government. This is what happens when your government is for sale. It hurts to see how many Americans support the death of small businesses, the middle class, "livable wages (whatever that means), and prosperity. We've put money and emotions ahead of morals and facts, and we are paying for it dearly. It's the rich vs the poor, and guess who's winning in the richest country in the world.
@LuvNletLive $100 in gas, I said a cheap car(going to work every day in a much higher standard of living, I spend $60 a month in gas in Texas it would be $45), not a fucking gas guzzling truck. Insurance can be $40-50 a month. $200 would be for a decent car, you can find some really cheap cars, especially in Texas, $100 car payment max. Average rent in Texas in the city is $1,200, I literally said rural, which you can find easily a decent $600-700 place with most utilities paid for. Food, yes, around $200 a month. Which all this so far only comes out to $1,000 a month. Thanks for having me break it down for you, I guess. LMAO
Compared to many other countries it seems like Japan, especially Tokyo is affordable. As a tourist if your currency is stronger than staying here is very cheap
Japan Yen is almost 1:1 to Serbian Dinar. While the prices are almost the same as well. Average paycheck in Serbia is around $500-$700 . Stil alot to develop to enjoy Japanese standard
Exactly. The flight was very expensive but everything else was super cheap. I easily found decent hotels for $50 USD a night; and the food costs 1/2 to 1/3rd as much as the USA
They don't have much work anyway. If there is, it's seldom. Fire is not an everyday occurrence, especially in a place like japan. So I can see why they have a low pay. Hope though they have a big bonus if they're finally needed when in comes the time people needs their service.
@@mr.stickguy6841 I live in Japan . They do a lot and respond to way more things than fires . They also have duties in the neighborhoods that they serve. It’s not an easy job and they keep ridiculous hours.
@@BlueCoolOla True. I think those in the video that work at jobs that don't have bonuses are accurate. But some of the jobs people in the video mentioned would definitely have bonuses, so I feel a yearly salary would be more accurate. I come from a country where big bonuses aren't as common, even among full-time workers. Personally. 33% of my salary comes from bonuses and overtime. So if I only said my monthly salary, it would appear that I make a lot less money than I do. Just thought I'd point it out for people who may not realize.
@@jenleigh4212 It should not be necessary to include overtime in your income, because overtime means selling your rest time away from work. A little overtime can make some useful money, but excessive overtime, like frequent double shifts (8 hours x 2 = 16 hour shift) destroy your health, and your relationships, since you’re never home. Women get married so they won’t have to sleep alone (okay, that’s a big generalization, but even so...), so men who work steady midnight shift often lose their marriages. You get home, tired and headed for bed, while she’s heading out to work, after a lonely night in a bed by herself. It’s not good, if it lasts more than a very short time.
I paid ¥46,500 a month for a 2LDK(375 ft.²) west on the chuo line between Hachioji and Tachikawa. I had to pay an additional ¥3500 a month for parking. It wasn’t on top of the train station, about a 10 minute walk. It was quiet. It was a good place to be!
Japan builds more multifamily housing with less restrictions so even new workers can afford their own apartment in a city. Having a declining population (overall) also helps, though that isn't the case in Tokyo. Pay and other costs are also cheaper than the US.
Its all relative. $8 dollars per hour might sound low to some of you, but in Thailand the minimum wage is $9 dollars per DAY. And Thailand is a middle income country too--many nations pay a fraction of even the Thai minimum wage.
I mean, $8/hour is slightly higher than the US federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour. I know many US states have a higher minimum wage at the state level (California is $15.50/hour), but those states also have a very high cost of living where rent for a crappy studio apartment is like $1800/month minimum lol
And even then living in Bangkok is not significantly cheaper than Tokyo. Sure, you can probably get away with spending half as much on food, but housing is probably only like 25% cheaper. If that, even.
I like the content of this video. I also would love if you make video about what foreigners can learn about the inner life of japaneese people to also gain insight to their culture❤
O segundo cara é o japonês pernambucano. Ele trabalhou em um restaurante japonês e aprendeu a falar português perfeitamente com sotaque de Pernambuco. 😱
I like how you can differentiate between Korean, Chinese, and Japanese just by the fact that Chinese people pronounce words more clearly and loudly, Koreans do the exact opposite, and Japanese people exaggerate the last word they just spoke with respect to the other words incoming. You can even listen to it with the first girl.
In Japan and especially in Tokyo, the cost of living is actually 2 times more expensive compared to the US. I think that's why they got a higher salary.
@@thered_lady*the cost of living is 2 time less expensive what are you on why are you making false statements about my country ? Who are you ? Why are you racist? Stop and leave!*
if you don't mind me asking... how are people supposed to live in USA? someone in this comment section mentioned how much rent can cost and i'm literally in shock. it's a genuine question, i'm kinda concerned and i hope salaries are high enough for people to live a life without poverty
@@rozbesselHaving roommates is the norm. It's reached the point where a lot of young people, especially in cities never experience living alone. They go from living with parents, to roommates, to living with a partner. This is a major difference from Japan where roommates are virtually unheard of, but the one room apartment the average 20 something Tokyoite lives in is smaller than the legal minimum in the US
@@rozbessel Don't live in a city. Living in a state that isn't high cost. Too many people in the west get blinded by the shine of the neon lights and like bugs, get shocked by the price to stay by those lights. There's still plenty of places in the U.S. that you don't have to trade in your first born to live in. For now, anyways...
@@rozbesselI don’t really have an answer for how people make it by, other than roommates and debt, but no, our salaries and wages are not enough. The common metric for describing poverty doesn’t really work here, cause everything just costs so much money. I’m going to have to spend about $5,000 to get into an apartment for about $1300-$1500 per month with 3 other people. Never mind the cost of groceries and other necessities, jeez.
@@kaihart8275 what the actual hell? 😭 like, yes, i live with my flatmates in a three room apartment too but damn... 5000$ is only a little less than my yearly income, though i live a fairly good life for a young adult in my country - not that much money but still
Yep, I still believe it's acceptable to just remove two zeros from the yen value to convert to the USD just so that the exchange rates don't fuck with the perceptions
@@hamanakohamaneko7028 That's true, but if the firefighter made $4000 USD a month according to a 100:1 conversion he would still be considered underpaid in the US where the median firefighter salary is 25-30% more than that. I go back and forth from Japan a lot over the years and the cost of living is still overall lower, just not as dramatic as it seems now
the little old lady at the end is such a sweetheart
So true. So well dressed too.
❤❤❤
She does
Yep
I know so many japanese elderly and most of them are like this lady, its just simply lovely.
i appreciate actually asking normal people these questions, rather than a lot of youtubers who just fake it or find rich people to ask.
Somehow every 18 yo youtuber in the US makes 20-30k$/month
@@Era754after taxes? Or?
yess
@@aYiN_N0N3xTeNc3 before or after taxes is still a lot for what they do.
Not all do or most of em. But ye
A while back, i looked at japanese apartments online. I dont speak the language, and i wouldn't be able to get any work im sure. It was just a fun little fantasy to indulge. But when i saw some rents for decent looking apartments, at 200, 300, and even 400 dollars worth of yen a month. I knew i needed to quadruple check my math. I couldn't believe my eyes.
My town here in Massachusetts, the rent is 2100 a month!!
I make just shy of 1,200 a week before taxes and dues, and i still can barely make ends meet!
I indulged heavily in that fantasy for a while lol
It really is insane. There's some extra fees when you move into a place, but they're really not bad when you compare the overall price of rent in place like the USA.
I think those are customary/traditional fees too, so from I've read they don't even apply them to foreigners.
It’s mostly that the US doesn’t build anything homes/apartments/condos anymore
Japan does and frequently so. That’s a huge reason those rents are so much cheaper.
@@JollyGiant19 there's always a reason for things. I picked up professor Sowell's Basic Economics 5th Edition a while back, and it was depressingly enlightening. I learned _nobody_ listens to economists, especially not when politics are involved. Rent control and "affordable housing" initiatives are very much political decisions, and severely harm the housing construction market
Someone tell him about the Philippines cost of living. I'm about to retire as 30 something with median US income.. lol
@@JollyGiant19no. It's primarily the fact that we have at least 50 million illegal invaders and their offspring who are "citizens" to compete with on a finite amount of homes and property. Theres also factors but that is the biggest. Those mass invaders also destroy the culture with their third worldness as well but that's a separate issue.
For context the economy in Japan hasn’t seen inflation in like 30 years
Japan suffers from deflation
@yuneth7474 it didn't 'suffer' from it for decades. and now the results of overturning this consistent policy are showing their evil faces on the people of the country sadly. the past few months have been quite bad, and will probably get worse
@@yuneth7474 They've hit inflation since COVID
It doesn't matter since their currency is becoming pretty much worthless
Inflation exists here in Japan, most items have gone up in the last year or so like by ¥100. but it's not as bad as USA and Canada.
That firefighter 100% absolutely photogenic
Backdraft Kurt Russell, eat your heart out!
Definietly dandy af
So y'all would smash? I'd Smash with JEI only, opposite sex and cute 🥰
people really do have different tastes
Street Fighter reference?
The fact someone can get by on $8/hr in probably one of the most expensive cities in Japan is something.
Tokyo is still crazy cheap compared to other cities outside of Japan.
Horseshit. Didn't ask her how many roommates she has or what her rent is. Living in Tokyo is NOT cheap.
Japan still operates like $1=¥100 even though the dollar has changed so really it's more like $8/hr is $15/hr if we adjust for US and Japanese inflation. Source: I live in Japan ❤️
@@CloudCollapsethis isn't true at all 😂
@@d_all_in my salary hasn't changed in years and if it were converted into dollars it would look like I'm on the poverty line but for Japanese living standards I'm doing alright.
Bear in mind that ppp is a better comparison for standard of living than exchange rate. The purchasing power of 1100 yen in japan is much higher than $8 in America
Yeah 1100¥ is on the more expensive side for a meal out in Japan. Easy as to spend only 600-700¥. My understanding from American friends is $8 will cover your tip, maybe 😂
@@estebandelasexface8193I live in NYC you'd be lucky to pay less than $15 for a meal even at a fast food joint, if you get food from halal carts or you cheap out you can bring it down to $8. Cheaper to cook for yourself I'm sure, depending
What about PPP in China?
Fair point!
@@estebandelasexface8193$8 is enough for one drink for one person. One coffee and that's it. Corporate greed is killing us over here. That's something Japan doesn't have.
45 year old looks 35 and 55 year old looks 45, the Japanese really age well
The Japanese diet is on point
Not the smokers, smokers always look older.
They do age really well, or really bad.
It's not just Japanese people, Asians as a race age physically the slowest out of ALL other races. Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. Not sure about the SE Asian folks though.
@trophyscene5015 southeast Asian here, I'd say it's the same with east Asians. That's just from my own personal experience from family members, friends, and myself.
Damn if that's the pay, Takashi definitely eating good on that TH-cam money
Yup. Also he was live on His trailer too. thats make his Input bigger than his Output.
TH-camrs had good but not all
Apparently, depending where you live they give you less or more depending on cpm.
@@alexjustalexyt1144no the cpm depends on where the viewers live
@@alexjustalexyt1144 I'll bet most of his viewers are from America and other developed economies so CPM likely averages $2k per million views.
That woman just stole an apartment. I respect that
She's a gangster. I love her!
😂
No, she didn't! What she means is that the japanese government pays her rent. That's NORMAL in Japan, Germany, Austria etc., that people with low income or low retirement get their rent payed by the government out of tax payers money. That's why our streets are mostly homeless free and our camping sites are only for leasure.
@@acmenipponairThat's amazing
In another video she said the landlord lets her live there for free
No wonder why Japanese people are very fond of taking to elderly people. That old lady was such pure soul... ❤❤❤❤
$700 USD/month to live in Tokyo, $2100 USD/month to live comfortably, meanwhile average rent alone in Toronto is $2500 CAD/month
She's still earning a crappy wage though, $8 an hour is low pay
Average income in Toronto is $57,550 per year or $4,795 per month.
average rent in orange county california for a 1 bedroom garbage apartment is average $2700 usd
@@edouard9867Averages are not a reliable central tendency to work off of when it comes to income.
@@iaincowell9747that doesnt matter if you live comfortably in canada you atleast need 5k cad to live on the edge
the firefighter lit a fire in me😭😭😊
Ikr?? He looks like an actor, I swear!
45 years old
Beat me to it. I was like, dayum
They always do 🔥
😂😂😂
Even the construction worker is styled like a fashion model.
He’s literally dressed like any school kid in America. Hat book bag and dress shirt. Literally couldn’t be more basic. You are fetishizing something that isn’t there.
He was actually making the most. Even more than the Firefighter
Construction workers do usually make good money, especially if they specialize in something like heavy machinery or welding.
@@sean_mccadden Because it's a very demanding job and ages your body.
And paid like one too compared to Europe...
The way he talked to the old lady was very "respectful grandson" 👍🏼
AWW THE OLDER WOMAN WAS ADORABLE.
The construction worker has an AMAZING speaking voice
also it's good to see a construction worker earning more than useless white collar pencil pusher
Probably from all the backwoods
@@daniellazar2940backwoods? What does that mean?
@@sanjaynahar2161the paper you roll weed with
when they give you wood frm the back
All people seem so nice there❤. The grandma at the end, so gorgeous.
Don't let that fool you though. Japanese are polite but not necessarily kind or nice. It just depends on who you meet and how long you know them.
All foreigners are so easily fooled by Japanese politeness
@@jalenmorgan2380people want to romanticize japan because of the v tubers and anime but they forget all the atrocities these guys committed
@@jalenmorgan2380That is how Americans are. No one is perfect. In public act polite it's not that hard.
Gorgeous? 🤨
I love that’s this interview had all sorts of individuals in different ages and backgrounds
We all hope our mom is taken care of like the 91 year old lady 😢 lovely. Japan must be a good country.
Important content here. The editing style of it simply being the people, what they do, and how much they earn is a very needed type of insight into every one's lives.
I don't know if this comment will be read, but the second Japanese guy is so hot❤
@@murkakittieThe firefighter was handsome yes. He could have been an actor if he wanted to and had some talent.
Fun fact: アルバイト (Arubaito - part-time job) is one of the few German loan words (derived from Arbeit - work)
Sensei's in any Japanese class at any given community college or university in the US are bound to mention that. Just saying.
always wondered where it came from, cheers!
and it macht frei
@@ogheros5541lol
@@reijiminato8762 my japanese professor in college didn't
Bro. The pay and rate of living is WAAAY less than it is in the US. That's crazy.
The firefighter looking sharp there.
I'm happy somebody is looking out for the elderly lady. She's paid her dues 🙂
I hope she's enjoying her life, taking it slow and easy.
It’s probably her children paying her dues.
The lady who is 91 years old and living on a pension of $700.00 a month would be homeless if she lived in the US. Her rent is $500.00 but she doesn't have to pay it. The lady looks to be in good health.
thanks for stating what happened in the video
In Croatia people have 200-300 $ pension
So with 700 they would be living like kings
USA my rent alone is $1200 a month. Still need to cover groceries, utilities, -gas, electric, water, trash - phone, internet, insurance, etc. I live in one of the more affordable areas. Coming from someone who has lived in multiple U.S. States and has lived both urban and rural. My total expenses per year are around $26000. I don't buy anything unnecessary and only budget $600 per year for entertainment and fun, everything else goes to paying bills. That is the cost of living alone in an affordable area in the U.S.A.
The rent is too damn high.
@@IvonahCroatia ist 3th world country, so it's normal
The 2nd guy just had the Sukuna voice💀
The 18 year old student girl fixing the hanging wires of her earphones in the next cut thinking we wouldn't notice
The firefighter looks great for his age!
You clearly are just making shit up lol@@Razzy-sr4oq
@@David-ue7vv Girl what? 💀
naw cause that dude is really attractive and i’m not into older guys 😭
@@bltcheshe’s an incel and a virgin don’t worry
@@David-ue7vvstop being an incel troll you will never find a female and that’s the reality you won’t accept
The old lady is so cute and well dressed ❤
Oba-chan da!
@@johnarmstrong472 oba is aunt and obaa is like granny. I believe.
@@johnarmstrong472obaachan da!!
👵は小意気ですね
@@mitsuhashii My mistake
They definitely all look great for their ages. And notice how it’s so quiet you can hear the birds in the background
Because japan has harsh regulations on loud cars and on the muffler attachments
The first girl is so cute!! 🥰
The grandma is so sweet. She deserves a cookie fr
Edit: you guys are taking this too seriously. I just said she can have a cookie- I don't see what's wrong with that-?
What is she a dog now? 😂😂
She's the reason all the kids there are breaking their backs 80 hours a week and live inside a cardboard box. Keeping the elderly around so they can complain about the newer generations isn't worth it.
A cookie? Wtf is wrong with you kids?
(Specifically with those of Asian descent cause we tend to do this to them irregardless of age but with old people overall) Can we please stop infatalizing these people!?
There’s this nasty habit we have as a society where because of pre-conceived biases will condescend and talk-down to fully grown adult, even in comparison to there non-asian elder counterparts, that woman was fully cognitiant during that conversation!? 😭
@@theegalitariancontrarian2344wadafaq did you smoke bruv
Being from Los Angeles, I was pleasantly surprised by how affordable food was in Japan. High quality meals for around $5 usd, which can cost $20 here
But the portions r small.
No shit, going out to eat is expensive. I've lived in LA for 15+ years, just buy staple groceries like rice/pasta/beans/sausages/bread and it's significantly more affordable than going out to eat every single day. Do y'all not know how to cook or something???
Yep. Just getting meals from a local 7-Eleven or Lawson can fill you up really good. God, I miss those microwavable spaghetti's!
@@snowcountry322 those are actually the correct portions we need to be eating why do you think Japan is skinny and America is fat also, those portions get you full unlike greedy America who fills our food with all kinds of crap
@@Anthony-zm2nqThe point is food in general is cheaper in Japan than in LA, staple foods or otherwise. And of course you can’t really compare basic rice and beans to a good bowl of ramen.
Grandma so cute 🥰
i like that its not staged and no drama
I work in my family confectionery business in Okayama, and make 190,000 gross, or 165,000 net after taxes and such. However my wife and I live bill free with our grandfather. He's gifting us the house and refuses to take our money haha. Great family.
EDIT: I'm so sorry, I didn't think everyone would think I was talking USD 🤣 I'm giving you yen numbers on my monthly salary haha
Introduce me to your family 😭
165,000 after taxes? Sounds like a libertarians dream haha. In USA, you’d would be left with around 130,000 after taxes
@@MansaMusa_ll_of_Timbuktu really? That's crazy. It isn't even all tax either. 16,500 of it is mandatory health insurance of 70% coverage, 30% out of pocket. As well as our pension.
@@MansaMusa_ll_of_Timbuktu
I think he was talking about monthly gross salary as 190k Yen....
US$ 165k net a year is a lot in Japan
the old lady melted my heart ❤️, so sweet.
The older lady at the end seemed quite a nice person
Bring able to live off 400 a month… in America most apartments are at least 1 200 a month 😭
1200 if you're lucky
@@MaxonerousX Yeah I was rooming at a townhouse with two other guys with a tiny, tiny bedroom that I also used as an office for $1100 per month. I can't believe I put up with that.
You can‘t live from 400, you‘d be eating nothing.
I‘d say 150k¥ at the very least is what you need. (About 1000 USD)
In Poland we earn like 800-100 payment in dollars but dollar is like x5 here so yeah average 3000 our currency but aparments go for like 1000-1500/month
I live in Chicago if u make less than 2500 a month USD you will basically have to scrape scraps together just to figure out what you’re going to eat. It’s even worse in LA. I can’t imagine being a stockbroker and only making 2400 monthly here he’d probably make at least 6k a month.
most of that cost just to say you can sleep somewhere.. property value feels like i cant do anything in this country its like a rope
Watch ‘a day in the life of a Japanese firefighter’ by Paolo from Tokyo. They have a very intense schedule and are practicing nonstop. It was fascinating to see.
Ya his channel is so good.
That firefighter looks badass af
Thank you. Greetings from Romania ❤
Canadian firefighters make double. But it is also twice as expensive here.
Same in Australia
More like 4x as expensive. You can’t even get a shared accommodation in Toronto with $700 much less “get by” in general.
@@mazokuwolf1279I am from Toronto, it is a shithole now
Mazoku is right, it’s at least 4 times more the cost of living here. Where I live a household needs to make minimum $8,000 a month just to survive without saving anything. That is until more people’s mortgage rates are up for renewal and then try cost of living 12 times that.
Why? @@13bfc
That grandma was cute
Okay but the firefighter was so handsome
I really love to watch your shorts since they provoke in me a very enjoyable immersion feeling, I feel like I'm right there, thank you!!
At first I was very startled by the low wage, but it seems the cost of living is also way lower, even for a huge city like Tokyo. It's possible to live there for a lot less; where I am even a small studio apartment will be $1000-1200/mo, plus all utilities added on, and while many places pay higher, the minimum wage is still $7.25. It is not unusual to see $8/hr restaurant jobs here if it's fast food, but many are starting to pay more like $12. Unfortunately, other wages aren't also rising; teaching here still starts at $12/hr and averages $15.
Sounds like the south around me, wages to the rent is almost the exact same. You can find a place to rent for $700, if you're willing to live with cockroaches and having your car and house broken into 3-4 times a year.
1150円per hour for toukyou is horrible. I get 1100円 but thats still a different story for fukuoka. Would be like 1400円 in toukyou if i would have to guess the actual worth considering price differences in those cities.
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Teaching paying less than twice the minimal wage is criminal. I am from Germany and working as a teaching assistant I was earning around 16 Euro per hour and I still quit this job after a few years because it was too stressful. And a teacher earns a lot more. (I am talking about a primary school)
you could find more cheaper alternative in toukyou, but you would have to commute most likely 1 hr everyday to work.@@SilkySnow_
The second guys speaks Brazilian Portuguese perfectly. He is kinda famous here in Brazil because of his northeastern accent hahaha
Lol, sabia que conhecia ele de algum lugar. Levei um tempão pra lembrar 😅
What's his name?
@@the.rest.is.confetti@ryutoquio Ryu Uchihara
That firefighter is gorgeous 🥰😂 moving to Japan immediately and setting myself on fire
As long as you paid your health insurance, shouldn‘t be that expensive.
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The 91 yr young lady is healthy & adorable !
I love the variety of people you interview! You run one of the best channels on TH-cam!
Wow, 91 years old and she looks that healthy, still very perceptive too
From America
Love your channel
I like their voices. Very comfy 😊
I'd love to see more interviews and interview questions like these, from around Japan and even in other countries. This is such interesting information.
People of different ages and stations have such different perspectives!
I second the compliments on the firefighter guy, he's quite a looker
That first girl is cute ❤️
Godbless Oba-chan🙏🏻
Here in Cali average monthly wage is about 2000$ and you need at least 3500$ to live here lol…
Saw a post on reddit, of a guy making it in LA with 13k a year. Of course it’s not luxury life, but a chill fun one.
@@tatanasdyou’re homeless on that kind of income
Lmao if you live in a car maybe $13K but that's not chill at all when cars are being broken into.
@@tatanasd living on 13K a year is not a "fun, chill" lifestyle in LA. You are literally at poverty levels
@@tatanasdplease don’t convince people this is livable bc it’s not. 13k in the united states almost anywhere you go is poverty and not “fun”
$2000 USD a month would get you a moldy cardboard box in the US. 😵💫
Depends on where you live. LA yeah, but if you go to Texas(not urban living), you would be living ok. Not a lot of expendable income, but rent, food, utilities and car payments(not an expensive car) paid by that.
Also, you do not seem to understand how small a 50000¥ ($500) a month apartment is in Tokyo.
In Poland 8000zł(2000dol) per month is a lot of money. You can live very well in a small city for that or average in big one.
@@teufelhund3801you will barely get by with $2,000 a month in Texas, unless you're out in the middle of nowhere, or have land passed down to you. $1,000+ for a place to live, $100 in gas, $200 in car insurance, car payment, food $200+, etc. And that's without healthcare, college, or anything else that most modern countries appreciate.
The one and only thing that we have good is oil/gas prices, and that's what the politicians use the most to influence people. As long as our gas is a dollar cheaper, we don't care about our house prices going up 2-4x every decade.
The US is an undeveloping country, and 95% of the problems stem from the rich having too much power over the government. This is what happens when your government is for sale. It hurts to see how many Americans support the death of small businesses, the middle class, "livable wages (whatever that means), and prosperity. We've put money and emotions ahead of morals and facts, and we are paying for it dearly. It's the rich vs the poor, and guess who's winning in the richest country in the world.
@LuvNletLive $100 in gas, I said a cheap car(going to work every day in a much higher standard of living, I spend $60 a month in gas in Texas it would be $45), not a fucking gas guzzling truck. Insurance can be $40-50 a month. $200 would be for a decent car, you can find some really cheap cars, especially in Texas, $100 car payment max. Average rent in Texas in the city is $1,200, I literally said rural, which you can find easily a decent $600-700 place with most utilities paid for. Food, yes, around $200 a month. Which all this so far only comes out to $1,000 a month. Thanks for having me break it down for you, I guess. LMAO
@@teufelhund3801 comparing rural BFE to Tokyo is not apples to apples.
I'm just trying to figure out why elderly people are so adorable!! Even with my own grandparents I have to turn away and go "Omg, so cute!"
The first girl can be a model
Compared to many other countries it seems like Japan, especially Tokyo is affordable.
As a tourist if your currency is stronger than staying here is very cheap
Depends. The cheap places are horrible. Space wise, I mean.
Is not cheap ...
@@akiraicSure, but you have that option, and if you live by yourself you can survive that.
Japan Yen is almost 1:1 to Serbian Dinar. While the prices are almost the same as well. Average paycheck in Serbia is around $500-$700 . Stil alot to develop to enjoy Japanese standard
Exactly. The flight was very expensive but everything else was super cheap. I easily found decent hotels for $50 USD a night; and the food costs 1/2 to 1/3rd as much as the USA
Make a video about how much people spend per month!
That old lady was so cute and looked so sweet, I would love to meet her🥺😭✨
Thank you for actually giving normal questions. Lately been seeing weirdos make jokes/questions to Japanese people and it was so out of pocket.
That fire fighter is criminally underpaid
They don't have much work anyway. If there is, it's seldom. Fire is not an everyday occurrence, especially in a place like japan. So I can see why they have a low pay. Hope though they have a big bonus if they're finally needed when in comes the time people needs their service.
@@mr.stickguy6841 I live in Japan . They do a lot and respond to way more things than fires . They also have duties in the neighborhoods that they serve. It’s not an easy job and they keep ridiculous hours.
@@erics760183 I guess so. Coming from you living there. I take your word for it.
I mean a lot of firefighters are volunteers in the US so I think they’re doing just fine
Thats only a department that you saw. Many other fire depts in Japan probably don't do much at all. In that case the pay is good then.@@erics760183
Was this including bonuses? I feel like bonuses in Japan make up such a large part of the salary.
But bonuses are only twice a year and only for full time employees so all the young folk doing baito don't get any
@@BlueCoolOla True. I think those in the video that work at jobs that don't have bonuses are accurate. But some of the jobs people in the video mentioned would definitely have bonuses, so I feel a yearly salary would be more accurate. I come from a country where big bonuses aren't as common, even among full-time workers.
Personally. 33% of my salary comes from bonuses and overtime. So if I only said my monthly salary, it would appear that I make a lot less money than I do. Just thought I'd point it out for people who may not realize.
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It should not be necessary to include overtime in your income, because overtime means selling your rest time away from work. A little overtime can make some useful money, but excessive overtime, like frequent double shifts (8 hours x 2 = 16 hour shift) destroy your health, and your relationships, since you’re never home. Women get married so they won’t have to sleep alone (okay, that’s a big generalization, but even so...), so men who work steady midnight shift often lose their marriages. You get home, tired and headed for bed, while she’s heading out to work, after a lonely night in a bed by herself. It’s not good, if it lasts more than a very short time.
It's nice to see regular people and not a social media version of a person making a living in Japan.
this is the craziest thing I've seen all year
I paid ¥46,500 a month for a 2LDK(375 ft.²) west on the chuo line between Hachioji and Tachikawa. I had to pay an additional ¥3500 a month for parking. It wasn’t on top of the train station, about a 10 minute walk. It was quiet. It was a good place to be!
Oh woww
¥46,500 for a 2LDK??? No fucking way. If that’s true, that’s a hell of a bargain.
What??? No way!! Was this in the 90s or early 2000s??? Or did you have a roommate?
god bless that grandma ❤
I am learning Japanese now, and your videos help me a lot. Doumo!
This guy is probably one of my favorite interviewers
Shocked at how much cheaper it is to live in than Hawaii, Los Angeles and New York.
It’s all relative though, paychecks here are low. As an teacher here, I make maybe $1.3-1.5k/month usd, which would be impossible to live on in the US
In general america is more expensive. Taxes are lower and you get higher pay in exchange for higher COL
Japan builds more multifamily housing with less restrictions so even new workers can afford their own apartment in a city. Having a declining population (overall) also helps, though that isn't the case in Tokyo.
Pay and other costs are also cheaper than the US.
I am so glad about your channel. I've been curious about Japan since I was a teenager and I'm 68 years old.
That grandma restored my faith in humanity.
Damn.. I love how all of them are content and happy..
Many respects 🇯🇵 from 🇬🇧
Its all relative. $8 dollars per hour might sound low to some of you, but in Thailand the minimum wage is $9 dollars per DAY. And Thailand is a middle income country too--many nations pay a fraction of even the Thai minimum wage.
Indonesia is around $6.5 per day but some get by on less
I mean, $8/hour is slightly higher than the US federal minimum wage of $7.25/hour. I know many US states have a higher minimum wage at the state level (California is $15.50/hour), but those states also have a very high cost of living where rent for a crappy studio apartment is like $1800/month minimum lol
And even then living in Bangkok is not significantly cheaper than Tokyo. Sure, you can probably get away with spending half as much on food, but housing is probably only like 25% cheaper. If that, even.
to make $700 a month she only needs to work min 20 hours per week? its reasonable, right?
@@DavidHRyallpeople in Indo in a restaurant would earn €150/200 a month, 6 days of work.
The firefighter guy looks a bit like Tony stark RDJ
Amazing to hear from locals and not foreigner
I like the content of this video. I also would love if you make video about what foreigners can learn about the inner life of japaneese people to also gain insight to their culture❤
Damn that firefighter was lighting me on fire 🔥
Wow, 22 seconds into the video and I’m already inspired to write a Age Gap Romance story with the Firefighter dude as my lead.
Just droping a like cause The lady at the end was heart melting.❤
O segundo cara é o japonês pernambucano. Ele trabalhou em um restaurante japonês e aprendeu a falar português perfeitamente com sotaque de Pernambuco. 😱
Sim vei kkkkkkkkk eu notei isso tbm kkkk
KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK eu ia vim comentar isso tbm kejaksjak eu fiquei.. ué n é aquele japonês que fala português igual Pernambucano???
É o Ryu, conheci ele em uma balada aqui em Tokyo através de uma amiga br. Gente boa ele!!
Tava procurando esse comentário. O cara é massa demais, entendesse?
I like how you can differentiate between Korean, Chinese, and Japanese just by the fact that Chinese people pronounce words more clearly and loudly, Koreans do the exact opposite, and Japanese people exaggerate the last word they just spoke with respect to the other words incoming. You can even listen to it with the first girl.
Loved the sweet old lady💟
In Japan even the firefighters look like pop stars 🌟
Damn firefighters make a ton of money
In Japan and especially in Tokyo, the cost of living is actually 2 times more expensive compared to the US. I think that's why they got a higher salary.
@@thered_lady I’m all for it tbh I think we should bring back jobs to local communities. Japan is doing it right.
@@thered_lady*the cost of living is 2 time less expensive what are you on why are you making false statements about my country ? Who are you ? Why are you racist? Stop and leave!*
That really isn't so much money for someone in their peak earning years. It's enough though if your rent is closer to 100K.
Holy crap I didn’t know that was the cost of living in Tokyo!! 😦😦 I have never seen anyone put numbers to it. Thanks for making this video!
I'm so upset as an American.. you could hardly think of living anywhere here with those incomes 😭
if you don't mind me asking... how are people supposed to live in USA? someone in this comment section mentioned how much rent can cost and i'm literally in shock. it's a genuine question, i'm kinda concerned and i hope salaries are high enough for people to live a life without poverty
@@rozbesselHaving roommates is the norm. It's reached the point where a lot of young people, especially in cities never experience living alone. They go from living with parents, to roommates, to living with a partner. This is a major difference from Japan where roommates are virtually unheard of, but the one room apartment the average 20 something Tokyoite lives in is smaller than the legal minimum in the US
@@rozbessel Don't live in a city. Living in a state that isn't high cost. Too many people in the west get blinded by the shine of the neon lights and like bugs, get shocked by the price to stay by those lights. There's still plenty of places in the U.S. that you don't have to trade in your first born to live in. For now, anyways...
@@rozbesselI don’t really have an answer for how people make it by, other than roommates and debt, but no, our salaries and wages are not enough. The common metric for describing poverty doesn’t really work here, cause everything just costs so much money. I’m going to have to spend about $5,000 to get into an apartment for about $1300-$1500 per month with 3 other people. Never mind the cost of groceries and other necessities, jeez.
@@kaihart8275 what the actual hell? 😭 like, yes, i live with my flatmates in a three room apartment too but damn... 5000$ is only a little less than my yearly income, though i live a fairly good life for a young adult in my country - not that much money but still
That firefighter daddy is so fine
Japan's Kurt Russell
You should do more of this
I love how the comment section is collectively simping for the firefighter XD
The reason why most people feel like it’s affordable is because then yen depreciated a lot (around 40% in the last decade)
Yep, I still believe it's acceptable to just remove two zeros from the yen value to convert to the USD just so that the exchange rates don't fuck with the perceptions
@@hamanakohamaneko7028 That's true, but if the firefighter made $4000 USD a month according to a 100:1 conversion he would still be considered underpaid in the US where the median firefighter salary is 25-30% more than that. I go back and forth from Japan a lot over the years and the cost of living is still overall lower, just not as dramatic as it seems now
I have rent, but I don't have to pay lol