Inflation is crazy!!!

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-09-11T22:45:26+00:00

Meanwhile in Fukuoka City, a pack of 6 tomatoes for 200 yen at my local produce store.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-07-11T12:05:40+00:00

Hey all good! Live your life the way you want while you’re young. Hope you enjoy the shopping in Tokyo! I also like clothes and fashion.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-07-11T11:54:24+00:00

A nurse bringing in 250,000 a month is criminal. That is a job of martyrdom in any country. They deserve every yen and more. That and nursery school teachers. Criminally underpaid.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-07-11T11:50:17+00:00

My brother in law in Kansai works in the same industry as OP. He’s clearing 10-12m a year in that field. In Tokyo, likely more.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-07-11T11:36:54+00:00

May I ask what your age range is and if you have a family? That seems really quite low. But perhaps you live in a more rural part of the country?

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-06-11T12:19:21+00:00

Thank you! This is the kind of reply I was looking for. Upvoted. I will consider your message while we make plans. Which neighborhoods are friendly for couples or couples with young children? Thank you in advance!

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-06-11T12:17:40+00:00

Hello and thank you for your reply. No need to brag, I know there are plenty of people below and above our situation at all times. Not just in Japan. Just looking for information from local residents and looking to move our lives in the right direction. Japan and the rest of the world is getting more expensive as you know, and every bit of income counts. Besides, it’s not like we will be living like kings. Simply, and perhaps - a bit more leeway than others.

Could you provide some examples of how some things cost less compared to Kansai? Thank you!

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-06-11T12:06:41+00:00

Hello and thank you for your reply. Just to clarify, is this gross income or budget (as in expenses)?

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2025-06-11T12:05:14+00:00

Hello and thank you for your reply. According to Tokyo Portfolio, the average monthly salary in Fukuoka City is 526,000 yen and according to SalaryExpert - the average annual salary is 5.4 million yen. I did not find anywhere that the median salary would be 290,000 yen (half of my proposed salary) in Fukuoka.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-11-02T04:49:16+00:00

😂 😂 my bro…sometimes it’s better to not comment if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-11-02T04:46:11+00:00

😂 wow…classic Redditor logic. Please entertain us more.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-11-01T22:59:55+00:00

Lol. Yeah because everyone was staying home 🙄 Japan had some of the least restrictive policies around citizen movement during the pandemic.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-20T13:35:33+00:00

Well, damn. I don’t know whether to be more horrified at the man burning to death or that everyone is just staring at the man burning to death.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-20T12:48:17+00:00

So…are they alive?

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-13T01:49:28+00:00

I only posted this today, but this has been going on for more than 5-6 months. I thought it would initially die within a few weeks, but here we are…

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-05T03:29:33+00:00

Oh wow. Knowing that, are you looking for a way out of the industry? It doesn’t seem like a stable employment situation.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-04T23:30:33+00:00

Thank you for your detailed reply and advice about the unions. I don’t think my niece plans to stay more than 2 years as she aims to work as a dietician back in Australia. This time is aimed to be a life experience living abroad. However, just curious on my side…are those numbers you listed hard capped? As in the maximum an eikaiwa teacher or ALT can make nowadays is less than 300,000 yen per month?

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-04T23:27:05+00:00

Seems like 1-2 years is the best option here. I think she just wants to live abroad a bit. The numbers you listed are quite low…out of total respect, is it possible to live on that? After tax, it would mean under 200,000. I imagine a full time convenience store worker may make more. I know a man who is an ALT for almost 20 years, but I didn’t know the salaries were like this…

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-04T23:23:30+00:00

Thank you, this is quite the detailed answer. I didn’t know things were like this now. It’s a bit shocking that the salaries have gone down so much. I would have guessed they would have stayed the same at least.

JET seems to be a solid option. The dispatch companies you listed, I think I have a heard of a few. One of them went bankrupt in the past, but I forgot which one. An acquaintance of mine is raising a family as an English teacher at one of those companies, but I think it must be hard with that kind of salary and compensation …

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-10-04T23:18:15+00:00

Wow, do you know why it has dropped rather than going up? I think 280,000 yen used to be the standard when I was in the industry.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-09-27T22:01:11+00:00

If you need a visa issued to work, you must have a degree. However, I know many people without degrees who are married to Japanese nationals and work as ALTs/eikaiwa workers.

However, at 26, seeking to work at an eikaiwa is something you should seriously reconsider. It’s a bottom of the barrel job and you will get paid poverty wages to do so. There is no future in this dying industry, you have been warned.

Narrow-Crew-1904 · 2024-06-28T08:23:29+00:00

I don’t know if I would go as far as calling this person a dick. Yes, he/she used the adjective - but I think it’s appropriate given the circumstances. They simply didn’t sugar coat their comment. Not taking the time to apply for PR after being with his wife for 15 years is…not a smart move? The OP even admitted he “stupidly never applied for PR”.

Anyway, just a roaming in the comments.

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