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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Collect89, post: 1318921, member: 15445&quot;]I used to travel to Japan frequently in the 1979 - 1985 timeframe.&nbsp; As I recall, I received close to 300 yen to the US dollar on my earliest trips and about half that later on.&nbsp; Based upon this, I would guess that 100 Yen was like 33 cents US in 1980 exchange.</p><p><br /></p><p>Certainly some items were more expensive in Japan than in the US.&nbsp; Items like beef were much more expensive in Japan because beef was imported.&nbsp; In the early 1980s, I felt that the overall cost of living was higher in Japan than the US.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t live in Japan.&nbsp; I only visited on business several times a year.&nbsp; In the last 20 years I have only visited Japan a few times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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