The Blog of Record

 From Japan Probe:

Winter bonuses were distributed to government workers in Japan on Wednesday, and although the average payout is about 3,000 yen less than what it was last year, things shouldn’t be too bad for those near the top of the system:

Prime Minister Taro Aso	4,100,000 yen (about $45,000)
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court	5,950,000 yen (about $65,000)
The heads of both Diet (parliament) chambers	5,540,000 yen (about $61,000)
Cabinet ministers	4,340,000 yen (about $48,000)
Administrative vice ministers	3,480,000 yen (about $38,000)
Diet members	3,300,000 yen (about $36,000)
Average government worker	692,000 yen (about $8,000)

The only information on the Japanese prime minister’s salary I can find on the Internet gives it as about $300-350 K. If true, it’s a nice bonus.

Related posts:

1. Japan Debates Repeating the Lost Decade of the 1990s Because that’s what a huge government stimulus and job-creation plan brought for the country: In the 1990s, during the “Lost Decade” that followed the bursting...
2. One Word: Japan Source. (Via Look At This.) ...
3. iPhone Given Away for Free in Japan to Boost Slow Sales The Japanese seem unimpressed by Apple’s wonder-phone: There are no official statistics available as how well the iPhone sells after Apple started offering it in...
4. Japan Airlines CEO Cuts His Own Pay, Now Makes Less Than His Pilots Slashed all his corporate perks, too. He felt he had to do it when he cut jobs and asked older employees to retire early. No...
5. How Japan Could Boost the World’s Economy and Security By waking up and releasing its full potential: Japan, it seems, has become the Hamlet of Asia, endlessly fretting about its waning world influence while...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.