TOKYO, Jun 29 (Japan Times) - The healthy eating habit of including fish in one's diet is growing increasingly expensive for older adults in Japan.
The nation's food inflation surged to a 47-year high in May, with the price of fish increasing by 14.8% compared with the year before, while gains in the price of meat remained at a more modest 8.6%, according to data released by the Statistics Bureau of Japan.
That means those age 70 and above, who spent on average more than Y7,000 ($48.73) on fish per month, according to the latest household spending data, are feeling a much larger inflationary hit than younger people. Those between the ages of 20 and 29 only spent less than a third of that amount on fish. ...continue reading