Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!news.moat.net!news-out.newsfeeds.com!propagator3-LAX.newsfeeds.com!news-in.usenet.com!news-out.ntli.net!newsrout1-gui.ntli.net!ntli.net!newspeer1-win.ntli.net!newsfe2-win.ntli.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Simon" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <42eb4df3$0$8649$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <42ec6705$0$4749$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <42ED68CC.7060601@yahoo.comm> Subject: Re: Cost of living in Japan Lines: 28 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Response Message-ID: Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 07:05:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 213.106.145.37 X-Complaints-To: http://www.ntlworld.com/netreport X-Trace: newsfe2-win.ntli.net 1122879915 213.106.145.37 (Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:05:15 BST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 08:05:15 BST Organization: ntl Cablemodem News Service Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:28538 "John W." wrote in message news:42ED68CC.7060601@yahoo.comm... > AABNE wrote: >>> I'm pretty sure the same agency also did the parallel "cost of living >>> for a >>> Japanese expat in Paris" >>> Natto : Tokyo 60 yen, Paris 300 yen >>> 100 g of Japanese rice : Tokyo 80 yen, Paris 400 yen >>> A yuzu lemon : Tokyo 100 yen, Paris 500 yen >>> etc. >> >> >> It's interesting though that in the case of a Big Mac, one would think it >> was biased towards australia because of our low beef prices, and japan's >> (alledgedly) outragous beef prices. >> > But as Jason points out the survey doesn't take into account portion sizes > (which I've found are smaller in Japan across the board), and it also > doesn't factor in marketing decisions (such as lowering the price of an > item to attract customers). > > John W. > If you're American you'll find the portions (and the seats) smaller everywhere, not just in Japan.