FAP, May 9 (Xinhua)-- according to the results of the 2022 household income and expenditure survey released by Japan's Ministry of General Affairs on the 9th, the average monthly consumer expenditure of households with more than two people is 293671 yen (about 15000 yuan), an increase of 0.7 percent in real terms over the previous year, excluding price changes, for two consecutive years. The nominal growth rate was 4.5%, the highest since 2001 with comparable figures. The rise in prices has a strong impact on the amount of real consumption. At the same time, consumer spending in March 2023 was 312758 yen, down 1.9% from the same period last year and falling a month later.