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> Median wealth in Japan is 119,999 USD whilst in USA it is 93,271 USD.

Median Japanese person is 10 years older than median US person (48 vs 38).

Good point. But I wonder how much of the American wealth is gotten by raised property value which would also be considered “productive”.

Half of my personal wealth comes from owning an apartment.

For those who own a home it's most of it (data is in https://www.federalreserve.gov/econres/scfindex.htm somewhere).

I'm not sure how much measuring median personal wealth makes sense though - you can generally rely on household/family members/close friends in a way that's not measured. I'm sure children of billionaires have access to a lot of resources they don't own.

But is also expected to life 7.5 years longer.

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