TOKYO -- Wages in Japan are low internationally, according to a Nikkei analysis using the price of a McDonald's Big Mac hamburger, the popular fast-food item available worldwide, which is often used as an international price index.
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The price of a Big Mac is often used as a point of cross-border price comparison. A Nikkei analysis used the data to compare workers' purchasing power.
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