Japanese households are finding it harder than ever to make ends meet as wages fail to keep pace with rising prices.
Japanese households are finding it harder than ever to make ends meet as wages fail to keep pace with rising prices.
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Tokyo, Japan – In Tomoko Ida’s household, rice is on the menu less often than it used to be.
Ida, a 48-year-old graphic designer and mother of two who lives in Tokyo, finds it difficult to justify eating Japanese rice on a daily basis amid soaring prices for the food staple.
Rice prices have doubled in the last year, partly due to supply shortages and a surge in tourists.
Rice prices have doubled in the last year, partly due to supply shortages and a surge in tourists.
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