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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO -- Risks of a sharp decline in earnings is threatening Japan's wage growth as the U.S. continues to wave its "tariff card" around the world, putting pressure on businesses that are already ...

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 ...

with the US and Japan currently holding trade talks. The central bank will be keeping a close eye on Friday's wage growth, which is expected to ease to 2.4% from 2.7%. The BoJ has said that ...