Japanese people tend to be more conservative in chatting culture, preferring to focus on polite greetings and superficial topics, and are less willing to delve into personal privacy, especially when it comes to topics such as savings.
However, it is an undeniable and embarrassing reality that the Japanese people now have little savings on hand.
Recently, a Japanese TV program conducted a street interview and questionnaire survey on the savings of citizens.
In order to more accurately reflect the holdings of financial assets (including deposits, stocks, etc.), the survey data were sampled using a median value algorithm.
The tables are arranged by age from 20 to 70 years old, with single people on the left and families (2 or more people) on the right. In terms of the median value, the average Japanese person's financial asset holdings are pitifully small.
A 20-year-old has only 90,000 yen, which is equivalent to 4,400 yuan, and a 30-year-old is slightly better, with 1 million yen in savings, which is equivalent to about 50,000 yuan.
Compared with singles, family savings are a little more, but the average family savings amount of 40-year-olds is only 2.2 million yen, equivalent to about 110,000 yuan.
Older 60- to 70-year-olds have about 7 million yen in savings, which is equivalent to about 350,000 yuan. Although the amount may seem like a lot, it is not enough money to spend the rest of your life in Japan.
The first woman interviewed, 30 years old, single, is currently working in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, working on custom maid clothing.
Although her monthly income is not low, reaching 450,000 yen, her savings are only 500,000 yen.
She admits that the high rent and the recent rise in prices have made her already tight life even worse.
The newlyweds below have just made up their wedding not long ago. Although the wedding was small and only relatives and friends were invited, it cost about 3 million yen.
Now, two months later, they only have 1 million yen left on hand.
In order to save money, they decided to share a credit card, so that both of them could view the card details, check each other, and avoid one party suddenly making a large purchase.
A woman living in Tokyo's Adachi Ward was interviewed by reporters. She now lives with her husband and a child.
Her family's savings are about 2 million yen, which is 500,000 yuan higher than the average. Still, she is uneasy about the future, as raising children costs a lot of money.
So now she's desperately trying to get electronic wool, and she can save a little bit.
During the street interview, the reporter also unexpectedly met a master who made money.
The 40-year-old brother below often travels between Tokyo and Shizuoka Prefecture. According to his own estimates, the current deposit is more than 20 million yen.
According to him, about 70% of the deposits come from earnings from stocks.
In addition, because he owns some company shares, he can often receive various gifts and exchange vouchers, which also saves him a lot of money.