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

Japan's monthly average real wages fell 0.5 percent in the fiscal year ended March, marking the third consecutive yearly ...

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

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

Japan’s top business lobby reported that workers at affiliated companies won pledges for pay hikes exceeding 5% for a second ...

Japan will consider extending until fiscal year 2026 its timeframe for the government to attain a balanced budget, a ruling ...

Since our April scenarios, the Bank of Japan held a policy meeting at the start of May, which showed little urgency to raise interest rates from their current level of 0.5 per cent.

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 ...

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 planned 3 percent per year ...

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