@tatsumoto >Look at Japanese grocery prices;
https://www.numbeo.com/food-prices/country_result.jsp?country=Japan

Some items are less expensive than other countries, some are more expensive (rice is oddly expensive), but I wouldn't describe it as "extremely expensive", just your typical corporate profiteering.


Giving someone a pension of only 10,000円 a month if they don't have plenty of money saved is merely letting them starve more slowly.