Salaried workers' daily lunch expenses average ¥500, the lowest in the past decade, amid the anemic economy, an annual survey by a Shinsei Bank subsidiary showed.
The figure is down ¥90 from last year, marking the third straight year of decline, Shinsei Financial Co. said Tuesday.
The wage earners' average monthly spending money, including their lunch expenses, stands at ¥40,600, down ¥5,000 from the previous year, reflecting a growing tendency to tighten their purse strings against the backdrop of falling annual incomes and the recession, observers said.
They mostly spend their money on lunch, entertainment and drinking, and the average expense for drinking comes to ¥4,190 for one occasion, down nearly ¥1,000 from last year.
By area, wage earners' monthly spending money in the Kansai region surrounding Osaka averaged ¥36,700, down ¥9,300, while that in the Tokai region centering on Nagoya is at ¥37,300, down ¥2,600. But the corresponding figure in the Tokyo metropolitan area is up ¥1,200 to ¥51,800, according to the nationwide online survey of 1,000 salaried workers in their 20s to 50s, conducted on April 16 and 17.
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