Learn Japanese Online Lesson 45　You look depressed.

Who holds the household purse strings at your home? At about 70% of Japanese families, wives control the management of family finances. This means that husbands only have a limited amount of money to use freely.
According to the result of the "Salaried Workers' Spending Money" survey which has been carried out every year by a bank for more than 30 years, the average amount of spending money in 2010 was 40,600 yen per month. More than half of the respondents said they use that money for "lunch" and "expenses for hobbies."
You need to good at making ends meet to squeeze out enough money from a limited amount of spending money not only for lunch but also for the cost of food and drinks to deepen your friendship with colleagues and for your hobbies. To the question "What do you save money on most?" in the questionnaire, most men answered "lunch expenses." It seems they take a lunch box to work or choose a cheap restaurant as often as possible.

Source : Shinsei Bank