If you live in Japan, you know that the price of rice is very high now. In fact, it is twice as expensive as it was last year. I bought a 5-kilogram bag of rice on Monday, and it cost 4,280 yen! I don’t know how families with growing children can buy enough rice to feed everyone. In the U.S., eggs are very expensive now. They are sold by the dozen, and 12 eggs are about $6. That means that each egg costs 50 cents, or 75 yen! In Japan, eggs have gotten more expensive too, but they still only cost 30 yen each. You can see the difference at McDonald’s. If you want to buy an Egg McMuffin in the U.S., it costs about $5.50. It only costs 330 yen, or $1.80, in Japan.    (134 words)

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