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   Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 13:55:43 JST Minoru Saba

   "Kanegon is a ”kaiju” (monster) that eats [enough] money...to stay alive"
   "[It needed] 3,520 yen ($22.89) [in 1966]...equivalent to around 15,000 yen today"
   "[Even after raising Japan's minimum wage to] 1,054 yen an hour, Kanegon will earn only a little more than half of 15,000 yen [for 8 hours work]"
   "To escape starvation, Kanegon has 2 choices: One, to act like a real kaiju and refuse to work, or two, to leave Japan"
   https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15363951
   🔸Or do 7 hours zangyō per day😱
   #Japan #MinimumWage

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 14:39:52 JST Minoru Saba

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     "The Japanese government recognises more than 80 hours' of overtime a month as a risk factor for karoshi (death by overworking)"
     https://www.wired.com/story/karoshi-japan-overwork-culture/
     🔸Kanegon would have to work 35 hours/week of overtime, thus crossing the karōshi line in the first half of week 3 to earn the 15,000 yen/day to survive; so death by overwork vs death by starvation.
     🔸Minimum wage worker working 40 hours/week would earn about 185,500 yen/month ($1212/month)

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     Minoru Saba (minorusaba@toad.social)'s status on Monday, 29-Jul-2024 16:03:06 JST Minoru Saba

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     Alternatively Kanegon could join the trend of switching jobs
     or (...gasp!...) surprise Japanese managers and ask for a pay rise!
     https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Datawatch/Surge-in-job-hopping-boosts-Japanese-wages