The government on Wednesday set a five-year goal of achieving annual inflation-adjusted wage growth of 1 percent across Japan ...

The government will set a goal of reaching 1% annual gains in real wages by the fiscal year starting in April 2029, according ...

The Japanese government is likely to establish 1% growth in real wages as its first-ever official target for pay increases, a ...

The government will set a goal of reaching 1% annual gains in real wages by the fiscal year starting in April 2029, according ...

The Japanese government is likely to establish 1% growth in real wages as ... The government will set a goal of reaching 1% annual gains in real wages by the fiscal year starting in April 2029 ...

The mixed wage and spending data highlights Japan's challenging growth outlook, as the export-reliant economy faces tariff threats and uncertainty over monetary policy. Economists are expecting to ...

Growth in nominal wages slowed more than expected in March while early trade figures for April showed export growth slowing, adding to the case for the Bank of Japan to proceed cautiously with ...

TOKYO -- Japanese companies have raised wages by an average of 5.49% this year, little changed from 2024, as the pace of increases in manufacturing slows while other sectors catch up, a Nikkei ...

Using prefectural data, we study the potential impact on wage dynamics of the planned minimum wage increase policy in Japan. Our main result is that stepping up minimum wage growth from 2 to the ...