Your chart kind of drives the point home. Who wants to own Japanese stocks when ...

		danielscrubs on Jan 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japan has changed in important and visible ways Your chart kind of drives the point home. Who wants to own Japanese stocks when those companies are giving money to the employees? Compare to owning amazon stock where the employees are treated inhumanly to drive the stock valuation up. You need to check what the common man has in the wallet instead. Let US be US and Japan be Japan is all Im saying.

They aren't getting paid more, the companies simply make less money. Look at PPP wages over time