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ELI5: Why is Japan's currency so low compared to other first-world countries?
gpt
It really isn't.  It's low compared to the dollar, but it's on par with the cent.  They just don't have separate names for different levels of currency like the U.S. does.  The U.S. says that 100 cents is a dollar.  Japan says that 100 yen is 100 yen, and 1 yen is the smallest value that you can get in currency.