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Old Mar 9, 2013 | 7:12 pm
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Originally Posted by O Sora
Right, but yen is 20% weaker than it was last year....
Yes but there is absolutely no inflation yet in Japan and no reason for the price increase. In general, transportation is one of the main areas in Japan that has not deflated, making rail tickets in particular significantly more expensive in real terms than they were 20 years ago.
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