Retort pouched curries are displayed at an all 100 yen ($1.07) grocery store in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, December 5, 2008. Japan's homemakers have made an art of living frugally in one of the world's most expensive countries, and they are now pruning spending further as the economy plunges into what could be a long recession. To match feature JAPAN-HOUSEWIVES REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao (JAPAN)