Comments on: Japan sleeps on 30 trillion in cash

By: Taro

Taro — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:46:46 +0000

where’s mah 1,666,666 yen?

Maybe it's in your purse were the average 40-to-60 year old Japanese housewife carries 230,000 yen in cash. That was the claim on an NHK TV program a few years ago. (For all you wanna-be muggers: 230,000 yen = $2,000 USD.)

By: Coligny

Coligny — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:56:41 +0000

ok, where’s mah 1,666,666 yen (even I would put an S for this quantity)… OMG… number of the beast… nearly… and twice…

By: MARKed TRAIL

MARKed TRAIL — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 09:39:42 +0000

Yeah Taro, the level burglaries is so high here in Tokyo that most people never report thefts unless they can file an insurance claim (which of course is not possible with cash in most cases). However, jistec.or.jp warns that:

the most common items stolen in apartment burglaries are cash, laptop/notebook PCs, Walkman CD/cassette players, passports, bank passbooks, signature stamps ("inkan"), bars for drying clothes,underwear, and cameras.

I like that warning about Japanese pantie thieves as well as housewives stealing each others clothes pins like demented magpies.