phyco126 wrote:You know, speaking of cost to buy something, why is it so inflated in Japan? Another thing I'm curious about, is why does it take 5000 yen to make 47 US dollars? I mean, that would put a normal US paycheck (based off of my old earnings) at about 212000ish yen.
First question, it's not inflated, just certain things cost more. Entertainment in particular will cost more since Japan tends to produce the same quality material with about half the market of the US, for instance. So, to sell a CD in Japan that has about the same overhead cost as it would in the US, the price needs to be higher to accommodate a relatively smaller market. Video game prices don't have to be as high, though, since the market in Japan is still sizeable relative to the US.
Your second question doesn't really make sense. It's about as arbitrary as asking why we don't just say it costs 1300 cents to buy a CD, or why we don't call our Dollar the Credit instead. It's just names and numbers; that's all arbitrary. KF