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What Your Money Buys in Tokyo
Same budget, eight cities. The Tokyo number tends to make people look twice — and it is the single cleanest way to feel why a weak yen plus a developed-world city is unusual.
In US dollars, for a clean comparison.
Pick a city you know to feel the gap.
Prime-central, directional figures in USD — they move with FX and the cycle. Treat the gap, not the decimals, as the signal.
The story behind the gap — the yen, the macro, and what it means for a real purchase.
Read the market story →The full eight-city walk-through, with the yields, is in Tokyo vs the World: What $1 Million Actually Buys.