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Japanese and Foreign Prices

The Economic Planning Agency conducted a survey of Tokyo and four U.S.A. and European cities in terms of the overall cost of living in 1993. It found that the living cost in Tokyo was 1.41 times higher than in New York, 1.46 times than in London, 1.36 times than in Paris and 1.38 times than in Berlin. The high level of prices in Japan is evident as shown in the table below.

International Comparison of Retail Prices (11/1993)

(Prices converted into yen)
Item Unit Tokyo New York London Paris Berlin
Rice 10kg 3,837 1,845 1,812 1,482 1,798
Bread 1kg 413 301 107 502 297
Milk 1liter 210 85 91 117 108
Hen's egg 1kg 274 199 330 392 284
Onion 1kg 220 116 170 116 89
Orange 1kg 419 201 154 141 114
Black tea 25bags 342 135 82 159 201
Cola 1can 99 52 42 48 53
Hamburger 1piece 217 100 140 167 165
Men's winter suit 1suit 53,600 40,175 32,432 37,749 40,085
Skirt
(autumn & winter)		 1piece 11,500 9,707 7,565 6,903 9,235
Shirt 1piece 4,409 3,527 2,508 5,814 2,324
Tissue paper 5boxes 519 765 776 1,052 1,281
Dry cleaning
(2-piece suit)		 1,071 806 1,126 1,556 937
Gasoline 1liter 127 40 83 103 91
VTR 1set 59,770 40,379 78,512 59,378 95,285
Compact disk 1disc 2,895 1,750 2,176 2,742 2,308
Movie ticket 1time 1,808 834 1,140 865 829
Photo print fee 1print 32 61 45 88 50
Haircut 1time 3,352 3,648 2,129 2,701 2,596
Permanent wave 1time 6,736 6,922 10,356 7,242 6,484
*Economic Planning Agency
Note: Survey conducted in November, 1993. Exchange rates: Average in 1993. 1dollar=;111.20yen, 1pound sterling=166.87yen, 1franc=\19.64yen, 1mark=67.26yen.

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