Am I rich in Japan?
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National median
￥3,100,000
Top 10% threshold
￥6,500,000
Top 1% threshold
￥14,800,000
Income distribution in Japan
Each bar is a slice of Japan households. The dashed lines mark the median and the top 10%.
What the numbers actually say
To join the top 10%, earn about 2.1× the median.
About 2.1× the typical household in Japan.
60% of Japan lives between ￥1,850,000 and ￥5,010,000.
If you're in this band, you're 'normal' — by the data.
The top 1% earn 4.8× the typical household.
It's a gulf, not a gap.
Cross ￥8,200,000 and you've outearned 95% of Japan.
The top 5% starts here.
The average (￥3,830,000) sits well above the median.
A few very high earners pull the mean up — the median is the truer middle.
A top-10% household earns 4.9× the bottom 10%.
The full spread of Japan, in one number.
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