Educational expenses of Japanese family is 1.91M yen

Educational expenses of Japanese families which have a elementary school child or older this year averages 1.912 million yen($2.286 million) increased by 3,000 yen from last year. This accounts for 38.6 percent of annual income.
The research was conducted by Japan Finance Corporation to 5,083 households which used educational loans in February and March.


教育費　年収の３８・６％　負担割合が最高　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/news/121214/trd12121408160000-n1.htm

Annual income of Japanese keeps dropping

Average annual income of Japanese workers was 4.09 million yen last year dropped 30,000 yen from the year before.
It was 4.67 million yen in 1997 when peaked.
Number of workers whose annual income was less than 2 million yen was 10.69 million or 23.4 percent increased 0.4 percent. Number of workers who received annual income of more than 10 million yen was 1.78 million or 3.9 percent also increased.
National Tax Agency researched 45.66 million Japanese who work for a private company.


サラリーマン 平均年収下がる　―NHKニュース
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20120927/k10015333821000.html

90 percents of Japanese men think economically supporting family is husband's role

Annual income of women who have been jobless once after marriage

Japanese women: Approximately 70% are below 1.3M yen($16,500)
American women: Over 40% are below 1.42M yen($18,000)


Men who think economical support for family is husband's role

Japanese men: Approximately 90%
American men: Approximately 50%


Women who do not want husband to take child-care leave

Japanese women: 53%
American women: 29%


Research was conducted by the team of Ochanomizu University to women aged between 20 to 39(917 Japaneses/1,508 Americans) and men who have a child aged below 12(715 Japaneses/1500 Americans).


-FACTS-
It is still popular for Japanese women leaving job for a long time after marriage and having baby. However working as part timer is common among them.


男性の９割「経済的に家族支えるのは夫」　―SankeiBiz
http://www.sankeibiz.jp/econome/news/120826/ecc1208261501006-n1.htm