According to an observer of conditions in that country, Japan today occupies the unenviable position of being probably the most expensive place in the world. We. talk of the cost of living here, and look with anger and suspicion whenever rice shows a tendency to get to $16 a picul. in Japan, the observer learned, it is between 50 and 60 yen. Then our servants are a perennial source of financial consideration, but we are spared the
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