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I guess nobody comes from western countries to teach english anymore. As the yen is akin to the zimbabwe dollar, and “salaries” are as low as 150,000 yen a month, well you would have to be insane, to come to Japan,

These old gits say the same thing everytime. It is meaningless and has no power whatsoever.

Nobody keeps their funds in yen, apart from that needed for everyday needs. We all invest in US Dollars, Swiss Francs and Gold. Who would keep money in the zimbabwe dollar or the same thing, the yen. Your are just throwing your money away. The yen is a useless pathetic currency and by year’s end 175 to the dollar is being forecast where I work.

The Yen is collapsing even further against the US Dollar now. Now at 153!

How pathetic all this is, prices will just continue to shoot up. True inflation in Japan is around 12% and there’s no end in sight.

Who cares? Be 50,000, be 100,000. It is totally meaningless to the real economy and people’s struggling lives with huge price rises and stagnant wages.

The stock market is nothing but a rich man’s gambling club, like blackjack or roulette, backed by chinese money. The day will come soon when this particular bubble bursts, as they always do.

Really amazing! This is a great and wonderful time for all in Japan making huge amounts of money on the soaring stock market and our investments in Us Dollars and Swiss Francs! Congratulations everyone!

Just like the bubble economy of 25 years ago, there will be a bloodbath when this particular bubble bursts. And it will like they all do.

The return of the greatest President of all time Donald Trump to rescue our country. And biden in prison for bribe taking from China, Ukraine and Romania and for letting into the country over 15 million illegals.

But none of this applies to the English teaching in Japan does it). English teachers in Japan don’t give a jot about salaries, they don’t give a damn about the collapsing yen, they are just so thrilled to be in Japan.

But other groups of foreigners do care about money and the pathetic yen. With so many choices of countries, they will give Japan a miss.

There is no point in trying to cut down on legal immigration when anyone who wants to, is simply allowed to enter the country illegally and be offered everything free. Just like the US now.

All you have to do is come over to the UK from France on a boat or dingy, as thousands do every week. You are allowed into the country and given everything you need, money, nice hotel room, free medical and dental care, free new iphone etc. You don't have to bother anymore with minimum income levels etc. Just do what hundreds of thousands of people have done and will be doing for ever.....

This is great news for everyone. We all have investments in Gold. Long may the price soar!

I don not like the highly priced, small KFC offerings.

Thank you JT, another of your highly interesting medical articles!

Now Doctor Who, like everything with the BBC, has become very woke and PC. The best ever Doctor was .Tom Baker, the real Doctor Who.

Laguna

How sad, all the best to you Sir.

Scrap VAR, it is destroying the game. The excitement is lost when fans are waiting around for some minutes for the verdict. Let referees only decide on situations during a game as it used to be in the past. Sure referees are human and may make errors but these things tend to balance out over the course of a season.

At least in the Championship (league 2), where my team plays, there is no VAR and games flow nicely.

The only technology worth its salt is the goal line technology which determines whether or not the whole ball crossed the line.

Yes don't keep any funds in the poison yen, invest in US Dollars, Swiss Francs and Gold.

Don't spend any money unless absolutely necessary for daily living requirements.

JT congrats on a very interesting and useful article!

I really like these health articles that we see here from time to time.

200 yen to the Dollar? It's inevitable.

Everybody I know has for years kept all funds in US Dollars, Swiss Francs and Gold. Nobody, absolutely nobody keeps anything in the poison basket case yen, apart from everyday needs.

The terrorists are reported to have beheaded over 40 babies amongst other appalling atrocities. Hamas must be obliterated.

Yes Japan is dirt cheap for foreign tourists with the pathetic sinking yen. Not cheap for people who actually live in Japan with its real inflation rate of around 15% and no wage increases.

The Yen is now trading at 149 to the Dollar. Once it successfully breaches the psychologically important 150 level, just watch it sink. Everybody should keep all their funds in a US Dollar account or some foreign exchange account if they have any interest in their financial health.

gold too

I don't know anyone who holds the poison yen apart from what is needed for everyday living. We have all been investing in Swiss Francs and Dollars for a long time.

You don’t lose your pension or part of it if you are working.

Ah, I read that that was the case. Wallace, you are a pensioner sir? I stand corrected then.

We need old people over 65, if possible, to be working and paying taxes. But I heard that if an old person over 65 continues working, part or all of their pension, which they have contributed to all their working lives, is taken away. Not exactly motivating old people to work is it?

Apple keeps bringing out new iphones to entice the masses to part with their cash. I am still using my iphone 6S Plus from 2015 and it still does everything I want from it. Just changed the battery twice, no other maintenance.

Well certainly before 60 when we still have our physical and mental health and can enjoy our freedom. All us foreigners in Japan are earning huge salaries in our careers and have built up huge savings. Who wants to keep working when we don't have to?

12 years ago I worked as an English teacher for 3M per year which now seems an incredibly low wage

Impossible to believe that anyone would work for such an appallingly low wage. I don't believe it.

JT congratulations! Thanks. Really interesting article!