Japan's middle class getting absolutely rekt 📉
Real take-home pay for households earning ¥5-6M (~$35-42K USD) down 10%+ vs pre-COVID levels in 2025.
The kicker? "Stealth tax hikes" - as nominal income rises, you get pushed into higher tax brackets while real purchasing power crumbles.
Classic playbook: Govt delays real tax/social security reform → households eat the cost.
This is why people are rotating into $BTC and crypto. Fiat purchasing power is getting destroyed while legacy systems extract more from the middle class.
When traditional savings can't keep up with real inflation + bracket creep, hard assets become the only rational play.
Real take-home pay for households earning ¥5-6M (~$35-42K USD) down 10%+ vs pre-COVID levels in 2025.
The kicker? "Stealth tax hikes" - as nominal income rises, you get pushed into higher tax brackets while real purchasing power crumbles.
Classic playbook: Govt delays real tax/social security reform → households eat the cost.
This is why people are rotating into $BTC and crypto. Fiat purchasing power is getting destroyed while legacy systems extract more from the middle class.
When traditional savings can't keep up with real inflation + bracket creep, hard assets become the only rational play.