Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
Japan-related | SENTAKU MAGAZINE Sep 29, 2013
Unions mull a 'Labor Party'
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, feeling somewhat estranged from the Democratic Party of Japan, is mulling the idea of realigning opposition parties into a labor party.
Economy Mar 26, 2013
Veteran of labor negotiation battles helping Myanmar workers unionize
Shigeru Nakajima is helping Myanmar’s burgeoning democracy by encouraging laborers in the country to unionize and helping the groups take root there. Upon taking up his post as head of the newly opened Myanmar office of the International Trade Union Confederation in December last ...
Editorial Feb 1, 2013
Give a little on wages
To help ensure a better future for Japan's economy, labor and management leaders should strive to agree on some improvement in workers' wages.
Economy Jan 30, 2013
Keidanren to Rengo: No raises
Annual wage negotiations got under way Tuesday as leaders of the nation’s most powerful business lobby and the biggest umbrella labor body met in Tokyo to discuss pay for the coming business year. Tough negotiations are expected following the meeting between Keidanren Chairman Hiromasa ...