Husbands in Japan get 10% raise in pocket money amid inflation: survey

Husbands in Japan are enjoying an increase of over 10 percent in their monthly spending allowance to nearly 37,000 yen ($233), despite households exercising financial caution amid ongoing inflation, a recent survey showed.Monthly "okozukai," or pocket money from the household budget, for husbands increased by 3,764 yen from a year earlier to an average of 36,835 yen. After remaining stagnant in recent years, the allowance jumped to its second-highest level since the survey began in 2018, falling just short of 37,774 yen in 2019.The increase comes largely on the back of wage hikes, but also…READ FULL ARTICLE