[theqoo] COMPARING KOREA VS JAPAN’S LIFE

Happiness (World Happiness Ranking) 

– Japan: 51st 

– Korea: 52nd 

Average salary 

– Japan: 3.9 million yen ($25K USD)

– Korea: 4.8 million yen ($30K USD)

Minimum wage (hourly wage)

– Japan: 1,004 yen ($6.44)

– Korea: 1,080 yen ($6.9)

Sales tax

(both 10%) 

Average rent (major cities) 

– Japan: 120,000 yen ($770)

– Korea: 60,000 yen ($348)

Taxi base fare (general)

– Japan: 500 yen ($3)

– Korea: 530 yen ($3.4)

Starbucks (tall latte) 

– Japan: 500 yen ($3) 

– Korea: 600 yen ($3.85) 

BigMac 

– Japan: 480 yen ($3.08)

– Korea: 600 yen ($3.85) 

Life expectancy 

– Japan: 84.3 y’o 

– Korea: 83.5 y’o

Politician’s annual salary (Based on allowances)

– Japan: 22 million yen ($144K) 

– Korea: 17 million yen ($109K)

1. Our country’s goods are f*cking expensive 

2. The problem with Japanese taxi fares isn’t the base fare, but the speed at which it increases is insane. Transportation costs are damn expensive too

3. Damn, our country is really well-off. Look at Japan, even after milking us dry as a colony, they ended up like that

4. First of all, the prices in our country is way more expensive ha 

5. I lived in Japan, and you can make a lot of money easily 

6. Hmm… I don’t think either of the countries are that happy 

7. But when you look at it like that, the cost of living is quite similar between us 

8. Why is our BigMac so expensive 

9. Why are the houses there so expensive?

10. The prices in our country is so f*cked