34-Year-Old Japanese Man Explains: Inflation in Tokyo Is Getting Worse

[@MJapan0]

Thank you so much for watching guys 🥰 Food will be more expensive in Tokyo 🤣

[@StealthReconNexus]

Make super AI robots to do the farming.😊

[@StealthReconNexus]

Foods from China are toxic. You can watch videos about foods from China.😢

[@MJapan0]

Sounds good !!

[@benhesediszraelinfosystems8175]

@MrJapan, Can you do a video on the book, "Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret of Asia"?

[@an0nycat]

*Japan's food self-sufficiency rate stands at only 38% on a calorie basis, indicating that less than half of the calories needed to feed the entire Japanese population are produced within the country* 🤔🤔

[@gagamba9198]

In Korea, restaurants are required to state the source of all major ingredients used. They're allowed to state multiple sources, for example pork from Denmark, Germany, US, and Mexico. Wheat flour from Australia, US, and Canada. Even packaged food sold at the grocers needs to list sources of ingredients. This can have consequences though. After a Canadian wheat scandal in Italy, pasta makers began listing the source of the semolina. Italy doesn't grown enough of its own wheat to handle domestic consumption, and pasta exports are a huge business. Importers of Italian pasta also wanted 100% Italian grown semolina, so the increased demand both home and overseas caused a large rise in prices.

[@CaimAstraea]

cabbage is ridiculously easy to grow even a 7 year old can do it ... there's plenty of available land in the inaka to grow this stuff .... my plan is to get some land in the inaka and grow my own vegetables while commuting to my software engineer job in Tokyo 2 times a week.

[@lukewilson624]

If older Japanese are farmers out of pride I think Japan owes them alot of gratitude. Farming isn't easy, shouldn't the government give incentives for the next generation of Japanese farmers. I don't think it's crazy, it's a rough job and someone has to do it. At least give them some incentive to do so.

[@Kim-e4g4w]

Yeah.. food should be grown locally as possible, and should be fully automated so that costs goes down. Buying food from China sounds like a health hazard, who knows what kinds of toxic chemicals that plant grown around. 💀💀

[@enesemreozturk7510]

Can you make a video about the states of Japanese Universities?

[@MJapan0]

I can try😎

[@Darkhorse12022]

It’s insane prices have basically doubled.

[@MJapan0]

Mainly Tokyo....

[@astrahcat1212]

Meanwhile, China is experiencing intense deflation.

[@MJapan0]

That I heard...

[@davidgrim5990]

The cabbage is grown in colder prefectures. Rice needs a lot of heat to grow and so does corn. If Japan has to import food though its game over with the weak yen.

[@whitesamurai]

Japan imports something like 50% of the food it consumes [but I don't know if this is calculated by volume/calories or dollar value].

[@notmyrealname977]

​@@whitesamurai I think it's dollar value

[@ml3989]

@@whitesamurai 70%

[@gagamba9198]

@@whitesamurai Japan's calorie-based food self-sufficiency rate in fiscal 2023 was at 38%, remaining at the same level for the third straight year, the agriculture ministry said on 8 Aug 2024. 62% of the calories consumed are imported.

[@MJapan0]

It is over man!!

[@bryanc7094]

That’s crazy.

[@MJapan0]

Crazy!!

[@garp9433]

I looked it up, cabbage is the same price ~$6 in Tokyo as a Whole Foods in Chicago for organic, 2.85 in Aldi. So yeah, I guess it is expensive. Cabbage is great, soaked in sauce every where in Japan, esp Osaka

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

Once I was a bit interested in growing food in Japan, now it doesn't feel worth it. Both due to the ever shrinking population and that everything seems to be getting so much more expensive. I think I will have my hydroponics farm in Sweden, will save so much money on just electricity (we still have quite allot of cheap electricity in middle/north Sweden).

[@MJapan0]

I think it is going to get much worse in Tokyo especially because they don't grow any food there...

[@benhesediszraelinfosystems8175]

Inflation is getting out of control in China, UK, and Japan! Can you do a video on the book, "Paekche's Principle: The Great Secret of Asia"?

[@sedorador4967]

Meanwhile, China is experiencing intense deflation.

[@benhesediszraelinfosystems8175]

@@sedorador4967 thanks for this correction!

[@understone86]

I guess there is going to be an exodus to the countryside. If agriculture is paying well young people are willing to do it. The government also have to put a lot of money in the sector and develop new methods for making produces. Or Japan will face famines and food shortages in the near future. The rice shortage was the first big red flag.

[@BrewBadger]

Luckily I can't stand cabbage. 🤢

[@solastro5595]

Cabbage is easy to grow.

[@GinJ1337]

Bro you're out of your car 😁

[@MJapan0]

Yes for now😏

[@t1nt0p]

Young people don't want to farm because society has denigrated it as a manual labor poorly uneducated job with no future. Japan will see here soon when all the old farmers die and all vegetables are imported. There are several ways to make a good living farming, its just hard work and many people are allergic to that. You are welcome to come to my house and grow all the vegetables or rice you want, I have fields you can use for free this year.

[@DrAhzek]

I'd agree with you but you try to paint farming and manual labor as a solid alternative to something. It's not. Sorry but only 1/10th of manual labor jobs are attractive (like woodworking) and they also require a solid training/education, perhaps even bigger investment. Everything else is only attractive in short term, while you are young and healthy. Farming, especially on small to mid scale, is very demanding on your health and almost all you earn you will have to pay back later in life. Same with construction work. So...why bother in the first place? Especially when an average corpo gives you twice that for close to no effort? Ohh, and one more thing - it is a bit shallow reason but also very important for young people. Dating. Have you talked with an average girl these days? Try asking her about even a well-off farmer (as in enterpreneur). In Europe there are even some TV shows to address the issue of farmers not able to find anyone because most girls simply despise living in the typical rural areas.

[@treystephens6166]

No Japanese Cabbage 🥬 ???

[@MJapan0]

Yes not for Tokyo🤣

[@Rei_Tatekei]

Tokyo getting swarmed by broke and homeless people

[@andrewdunbar828]

Not really. But Osaka has a dozen or so.

[@redemissarium]

fortunately I really really hates cabbage 😁😁

[@joshuagenes]

Time to become a Japanese Farmer...when no one else wants to. If you do that permaculture regenerative farming stuff you will make money as the productivty per acre is double that of a monocrop farm.

[@SvengelskaBlondie]

I don't think I would even want to try, not with the crazy amount of red tape that the Japanese government have about it. Besides that, they are so old and decrepit, they would expect the same kind of farming as back in the Edo period. I would want to do hydroponics farming, I am doubtful said fossils even know what that is.

[@joshuagenes]

@@SvengelskaBlondie Permaculture and regenerative farming has a lot of up front investment because you usually have to do some landscaping for water management and plants and animals take time to grow as well as determining what plant works best where. However as time goes on it becomes easier and easier and ends up looking like the lazy man's way to farm. No pesticides are used instead plants and animals are used to keep down pests. You end up building the soil, the water table, promoting wild life, while profiting with higher overall yeilds per acre and I am pretty sure you could get away with this type farming during the Edo period or in North Korea today as they are similar with government over control.

[@xorion123]

this video is too long over a cabbage issue main issue economy cultural and young people are move or drift by "brighter future" "freedom" "opportunities" was suppose to set in most cities area but for country side young people also too feel like working in cities as more money = able support family but the cruel part is, there is many backlash of false hope and culture shock with unpleasant experience. to fix inflation is not easy, as one who control the countries Must look on the root first the soil of where japan can support their own country without foreigners trades or investment 1.so media must show respect to japanese farmer as an honorable job and government must support or aid new starter farmer and skillset to farm efficiently 2.repeal all these fake cryto scam or quick cash and educate their people 3.japanese must keep traditional from western idealogy change to beauty standard and dating standard or living standard 4.remove big companies of exploit over foreigners to hire cheaper labour (inviting them = lead of potential exploit of cultural change therefore it reduce service and moral to citizen) but saying all this with a lease on japan from USA 1.military power to maintain control of china,northkorea and other countries 2.currency dependence on USA and business practice to meet quota satisfactory

[@気にしない-o8q]

Cabbage 🥬 at USA Walmart is 2.98$ which is OK price (not considered high since we make more money) but converted to yen is 471円

[@MJapan0]

Thanks for that info👍

[@notmyrealname977]

I dunno, if cabbage costs 5 dollars now farming does make money 😂 more young people that need a job will get cheap land and become farmers. Its normal