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Question:How much for a Japanese housewife's income(non-Japanese pls do not reply)

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HI! friendly Japanese ,
i heard that in Japan, if a woman have married and she have no job, as a full time housewife, then she can get a lot of money from govement finance,

but my friend said ----No, as he know, a full time housewife can not get money from govement, but from her husband, her husband have wage, then share part money with his wife, so he said the status of the Japanese housewife is very low:eek:hno:

Then we debate the core of the question, who pay the money to housewives and how much money they pay?

who can answer the question ? thank you very much,:)
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i heard that in Japan, if a woman have married and she have no job, as a full time housewife, then she can get a lot of money from govement finance,
I want to be a housewife

so he said the status of the Japanese housewife is very low
there is not such status.
the japanese housewife is stong enough
Japanese economy is not better than before.
many of them also are working as a contract worker or part time....
Housewives today are housewives by their own choice.

Many housewives actually control 100% of japanese household money. For example, the husband works he will give his wife his paycheck; she then pays all the bills and groceries and kid schooling, and then she will give the husband a monthly allowance of his own money :lol:. So actually japanee housewives are much stronger than husbands since they control the money and the house.

So the answer is, the husband pays the housewife, and usally pays 90-100% of his salary. But as i said before being a housewife is their own choice, and most women today work; and no japanese housewife status is not low, who told you that and why do you think that? I am a girl by the way.
Yes, wives control money in Japan.
Husbands are only given allowance of 45,600 yen (about 460 US dollars) per month in average. The allowance is mainly used for lunch, hobby, cafe, mobile phone bill, clothes, gasoline, etc.
http://www.asahi.com/business/update/0608/TKY200906080256.html
The average lunch cost of Japanese salarymen (male employees) is 590 yen (about 5.9 US dollars), according to the same latest survey by Shinsei Bank.
Recently, many Japanese husbands only eat 100 yen(1 dollar) McDonalds burger for lunch to save money.
So, remember that if you marry a Japanese woman,
she will most likely confiscate all your income and will give you only 300 to 500 USD per month as your monthly allowance to cover your lunch etc., because it is the norm and custom in Japan. Husbands are not supposed to use their money freely without their wives' authorization.
The average lunch cost of Japanese salarymen (male employees) is 590 yen (about 5.9 US dollars), according to the same latest survey by Shinsei Bank.
Recently, many Japanese husbands only eat 100 yen(1 dollar) McDonalds burger for lunch to save money.
I'm afraid that 100-yen lunches will make you spend lots of money in health care in the future.
"souji no obachan"
"kyuushoku no obachan"
"reji no obachan"

These would tell something. The key thing is, what is seen as "low-profile underclass job" is not at all seen that way in Japan, but something that housewives do for additional income in their free time. So, it is rather the foreign people who look housewives picking garbage off Tokyo streets as "low-rank" while Japanese don't see them that way. They are "souji no obachan" that I would greet "otsukare sama desu~" or "gosei ga demasune~".

Self-employed is on a different scale. They can be extremely rich depending on what they do.
"dagashiya no oba-chan"
"ryokan no okami-san"
etc...
Housewives today are housewives by their own choice.
Many housewives actually control 100% of japanese household money. For example, the husband works he will give his wife his paycheck;
thanks for your reply,,,,,,,
but if he do not love his wife anymore, then he refuse to hand over the paycheck, only give his wife a monthly allowance of her own money:lol: .
and he can use the remaining money to get some lovers, So, how to deal with him?
Is law only allows his lawful wife to exchange his paycheck to cash?

and most women today work; and no japanese housewife status is not low, who told you that and why do you think that?
too many women work is not a good way, it will bring unemployment and some family problems,
Japanese housewife's status is low is consistent with the logic, Because, if they divorced, she will have no income but her husband not.
So, remember that if you marry a Japanese woman,
she will most likely confiscate all your income and will give you only 300 to 500 USD per month as your monthly allowance to cover your lunch etc., because it is the norm and custom in Japan. Husbands are not supposed to use their money freely without their wives' authorization.
your word is contrary to human nature,
it must have some system of restricting the behavior of husbands
or, the husbands will keep their paycheck and use it for getting beautiful lover,
do you think norm and custom have enough restricting ? i don't think so
You aren't even asking a question, you just want to criticise japan. Japanese have the lowest divorce rate in the developed world, japanese woman can go get a job if they want to, why does it matter to you if the husband gives them money or not? They can go work! It's not a problem so don't make it seem like it's a problem because they can work if they want to. And as we said before the japanese housewife controls all of the husbands money and gives the husband an allowance.

If the husband uses his money for lovers, than they will divorce and she will get a job. Just like anywhere else in the world, what is different? But until they divorce the housewife controls 100% of the money even though it's not even hers!

Even after they divorce if the ex-wife takes care of the kids, the ex-husband will still give her money even if she has a job.
thanks for your reply,,,,,,,
but if he do not love his wife anymore, then he refuse to hand over the paycheck, only give his wife a monthly allowance of her own money:lol: .
and he can use the remaining money to get some lovers, So, how to deal with him?
Is law only allows his lawful wife to exchange his paycheck to cash?



too many women work is not a good way, it will bring unemployment and some family problems,
Japanese housewife's status is low is consistent with the logic, Because, if they divorced, she will have no income but her husband not.
your word is contrary to human nature,
it must have some system of restricting the behavior of husbands
or, the husbands will keep their paycheck and use it for getting beautiful lover,
do you think norm and custom have enough restricting ? i don't think so
In Japan, your monthly salary is almost 99% transferred into your bank account, and NOT handed to you in cash or paycheck.

And in almost all families/couples, wives keep the cash cards(ATM cards), not husbands.

That's why wives can only withdraw money and husbands cannot.
In Japan, there is no "paycheck". The system is different.
Companies will always transfer the salary into employees' bank accounts directly.
That helps keep the high saving rate of Japan, because the monthly salary is always deposited into their ordinary deposit accounts, and kept there unless they withdraw it.
I'm afraid that 100-yen lunches will make you spend lots of money in health care in the future.
You are right, I personally try to avoid fast food shops as much as possible :)
Luis Frois



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luís_Fróis

According to his book, http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%A8%E3.../dp/4003345916
it is very interesting.
1)The top of all honors and the precious of a single woman are the chastity and it is chaste of the purity's not being violated in Europe.
The woman in Japan doesn't value virgin's purity at all. Honor is able not to be lost even if it is lacked, and to marry.
2)The property is shared in Europe among married couples. Everybody owns his amount in Japan. The wife lends it to the husband by high interest at times.
3)
Divorcing is a crime and it is the most dishonorable in Europe
in Japan women can divorce many times, and the wife is able not to lose honor and to marry by that.
4)
it is usual that a hasband make to divorce a wife because of her dirty innate disposition in Europe.
a wife often gets a husband out in japan
5)The daughter and the virgin are severely confined by an extremely important thing in Europe.
Daughters go out alone without the parents' consent in japan
6)The wife doesn't go outside of the house in Europe without permission
of the husband. The woman in Japan doesn't inform the husband, and there is freedom to go
7)It is not so widespread that the woman writes the character in Europe .
A noble woman in Japan thinks that it declines in value if it doesn't know it.
8)The woman usually prepares meal in Europe.
The man makes it in Japan. And, nobles think going to the kitchen to cook to be splendid.
9)It is thought that the woman's drinking wine in Europe loses the decorum
It drinks until often getting drunk when it is a festival in Japan in the very
usualness.
http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1377400
I read many books in edo era.
Indeed, women were strongger than men in real life.

what does "westernized" mean?
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I want to be a housewife
there is not such status.
the japanese housewife is stong enough
Japanese economy is not better than before.
many of them also are working as a contract worker or part time....
Japanese society seems to be a more egalitarian society compared to most of the world, and their middle-class is strong and, at the same time, diverse in professions.

This would be very different for cities such as Hong Kong, which housewives are often perceived as having a lower social status than working middle-class women. Hong Kong is very different from Japan, because of its great disparities between social classes comapred to Japan, and its society is not exactly egalitarian like that of Japan. I suppose you wouldn't see a large disparities within Japanese middle class or even most of the upper class, this would be very different here in Hong Kong. The established individuals and families tend to distinguish themselves in prestigious community, to a much larger extent than Japan does. This is because the middle class typically have mediocre living environment, while the upper class and the upper middle class tends to be financially sustainable to live in exclusive neighbourhoods. These upper classes tends to be professionals in Hong Kong, while I assume this would be quite similar for Japan. But in the Japanese middle class, there are more professionals, and they typically live in a better living environment than Hong Kong middle class does.
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I'm not japanese, but I have worked with a guy, this guy told me that who control the money at his house was his wife, and she gave him 1000 yens sometimes to buy something :lol:
That would suck giving all your money to your wife/girlfriend. But probably a very good way to save money.
That would suck giving all your money to your wife/girlfriend. But probably a very good way to save money.
I agree with you...
i have seen that some japanese girls are bossy...woops i shouldn't speak here at all...

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