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Originally Posted by popeyethehomeswinger
I re-evaluated it into swedish currency, and 150 000 yen aint much =P
it's easy to get fooled by the high numbers. I i cant understand how the worlds second richest country can have such a poor currency, whats the reason ?  |
A bit of a side note, Japan is not the second richest country in the world. They have the second largest economy by GDP. The richest measured by per capita are 1. Luxembourg 2. Norway 3. USA, Japan is 14th.
They do still hold the treasured number one spot for most expensive country to live in as far as I know.
And Nyororin makes a good point in noting that one yen is a cent. Some ALT's I know like to call them yennies like pennies in the States. You can literally snap a yen in half with your fingers and I was told that they even float in water.