Ah yes, a micro-apartment the same size as the average American kitchen [1], how affordable! For comparison, Seattle WA has a minimum wage around 2.5x higher t

Ah yes, a micro-apartment the same size as the average American kitchen [1], how affordable! For comparison, Seattle WA has a minimum wage around 2.5x higher than Tokyo. Here is a larger apartment [2] that is only 1.33x more expensive than your Tokyo broom closet. Go ahead and find something more akin to the American sized apartments (500sq+ for 1 bd) and you'll see that the prices are almost the same, with much lower wages across the board. [1]: https://kb.nkba.org/2016/11/new-nkba-research-defines-average-kitchen-sizes-across-u-s/ https://kb.nkba.org/2016/11/new-nkba-research-defines-averag... [2]: https://www.apartments.com/amherst-micro-studios-seattle-wa/7tlgnlw/#951cbt6-1-floorPlan https://www.apartments.com/amherst-micro-studios-seattle-wa/...