日本厚生劳动省每年公布的薪资结构基本调查显示，2020年日本全职劳动者的月薪（含加班费）为33.6万日元，仅比2010年增加2%。购买一部iPhone手机的开销在日本人平均月薪中所占的比重从2010年的最高19%上升到了59%。Original title: Japanese media: the proportion of iPhone expenses in the average monthly salary of Japanese has risen to 59%.
News from Nikkei Chinese website on Sept. 17, Apple IncThe company officially launched its new smartphone iPhone 13 series on Sept. 15. Its price is closely watched. It sells for 86800-194800 yen in the Japanese market. Compared with the iPhone 12 series, the cheapest model is about 4000 yen higher and the most expensive model is about 29000 yen higher.
Since the launch of iPhone 4S in 2011, the price of new products launched by Apple Inc has continued to rise every year. The price of the 16GB 4S is more than 40, 000 yen, and the 64GB model is more than 70, 000 yen. The prices of the XS and XR series launched in 2018 doubled to 90-170000 yen as a result of the increase in Japan's consumption tax.
According to the basic salary structure survey released annually by the Ministry of Health and Labour, the monthly salary of Japanese full-time workers, including overtime pay, was 336000 yen in 2020, an increase of only 2 per cent over 2010. The cost of buying an iPhone phone as a share of the average Japanese monthly salary rose to 59 per cent from a peak of 19 per cent in 2010.
