While prices are rising one after another, salaries are not rising very much. The average annual income in Japan is 4.58 million yen. So we investigated the annual income of everyone, which is usually difficult to ask! There were various lifestyles. A 38-year-old woman said she had just finished a night shift. Thank you for taking the time to take care of us. The woman's job is to provide care and lifestyle support for the elderly. It is a very important job in Japan, where the aging population is increasing, but what is the annual income of interest? A female care worker: "A little over 5 million yen" The woman's annual income is about 5 million yen, which is a little higher than the average. However, she says that she cannot say that she has enough money, and to save money, she carries tea in a thermos at home. A female care worker: "I think it's a 'little by little'. This is what I mean." So, the "Japanese average" of 4.58 million yen is... A female care worker: "I think it's cheap. Japan is a developed country, but the average income is low overall." A 47-year-old man I met in Shinjuku said that he had traveled nine hours from Nara on a cheap night bus to see the live performance of an idol he supports. A male nurse said, "The Shinkansen is faster (than the night bus), but it's only 4,000 to 5,000 yen cheaper. I don't really care if my back or butt hurts anymore." The man, who has been enduring the pain to save money, is a nurse. What is the annual salary of a man who takes on a job that involves taking care of people's lives? A male nurse said, "Around 5 million to 6 million yen." His annual salary is about 5.5 million yen. That's about 1 million yen higher than the average... A male nurse said, "I'm fine with living a normal life at the moment, but I feel like I don't have the desire to splurge a little bit anymore." The reason is anxiety about the future. A male nurse said, "My salary has been the same for a long time, so it's unbearable. There's nothing I can do. I just have to keep cutting back little by little." A man in his 30s who was on his way home from shopping said he works as a judo therapist, treating fractures and dislocations. When asked about the "Japanese average" of 4.58 million yen... A male judo therapist said, "That's high. It's higher than my salary." The man's annual income is about 3.5 million yen. And his lifestyle is... A male judo therapist said, "I'm trying to release stress and do all sorts of things, so I'm probably just barely making ends meet." To release stress, he ends up spending too much money on his hobbies... A male judo therapist said, "If you buy stuff like this, you're bound to run out of money. When you get stressed, you end up spending money." A 35-year-old man who works at a supermarket, "the friend of the common people." His annual income is... A male who works at a supermarket said, "It's somewhere in the middle. (Q. About 2.5 million yen?) That's about right." The annual income of a man who works as a contract employee is about 2.5 million yen, which is less than the average. Ironically, he says that his concern is the price hike of food when shopping at the supermarket. The man's money-saving technique is to walk instead of using the train. A man who works at a supermarket said, "I can walk about three stations normally. Strangely enough, I've gotten stronger." A man whose hobby is dancing... A man who works at an event company said, "Life is tough... I think we need to make sure it doesn't get too tough." Yasutaka Kimura (36), who works at an event company, earns about 4 million yen a year, which is less than average. A man who works at an event company said, "(Q. Are you worried about just the salary?) No way. I'm working two jobs now." Two jobs? What does that mean? When I went to the warehouse that he uses for his other job, I found a rickshaw. Kimura was actually originally a rickshaw driver in Asakusa. Two years ago, he went independent and started a rickshaw rental service, but... A man who works at an event company said, "Considering the risk that my business will not go well or go bankrupt, I wanted to make sure I had another source of income." He got a job at an event company right after going independent. He says that he currently earns about 2 million yen a year from each of his two jobs. His goal is to earn over 10 million yen a year. Good luck! A 41-year-old woman is devoted to raising her children. She lives with her two children and her self-employed husband, and their household annual income is about 6 million yen. She says she racks her brains every day thinking about how to save money. Full-time housewife: "I don't want to save money when it comes t