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WAGE 3

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2022
Minimum wages are going up. Jobs may disappear.
Past studies have found that higher pay doesn't hurt employment over the short term. But new research shows that the effects over time could be more harmful.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2021
Nearly 10% of Japan firms to add regular staff after minimum pay hike
The survey appears to show that more employers are deciding it's better to shift their labor force to nonfixed-term regular workers.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Feb 6, 2020
Japanese-style employment and wages
Japanese workers earn less than their counterparts in other major advanced economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 31, 2019
Labor ministry panel suggests hiking minimum wage by ¥27 to push Japan average above ¥900
The proposal marks the second consecutive year for a record increase, eclipsing the 2018 hike, and it could be the first time the wage exceeds the u00a5900 mark.
EDITORIALS
Jun 22, 2019
Push for higher minimum wages
Companies need to consider rising minimum wages not as a threat to their bottom lines but as an opportunity to secure the manpower they need and improve their productivity by making necessary investments.
Japan Times
JAPAN / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 7, 2019
Japan facing increased pressure to hike minimum wage, but business leaders give mixed response
Last month, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy recommended that the government draw up detailed measures to bring the nationwide average minimum wage up to ¥1,000 per hour as soon as possible.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 1, 2019
Japanese government unveils measures aimed at revitalizing the economy, including increase of minimum wage
The government unveils a draft package of measures aimed at revitalizing the economy, including raising minimum wages, supporting the “employment ice age generation” and promoting online administrative procedures.
EDITORIALS
Jan 29, 2019
Wage hikes can help beat economic uncertainties
The growing economic uncertainties are all the more reason why companies that can afford to offer substantial raises should do so in order to shore up consumer spending and domestic demand.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2019
Japan wage data errors undermine trust in government indicators, poll shows
A poll has found that nearly 80 percent of people have lost trust in government economic indicators after revelations that faulty wage data were used for years.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 7, 2018
Wage growth in Japan hits 21-year high, possibly signaling a pickup in household spending
Household spending slid in June, but real wages rose at their fastest pace in more than 21 years thanks to higher summer bonuses, a sign that benefits of a prolonged economic recovery are broadening.
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2018
Strong wage growth key to beating deflation, Japanese government says in report before corporate wage talks
Japan has entered a new phase in its fight against deflation, but stronger wage growth and improved productivity are needed if the economy is to turn the corner, the Cabinet Office said in a report released Thursday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2017
Mixed outcome in wage talks
The results of the annual management-labor pay negotiations highlight the limitations of the Abe administration's drive to get export-led businesses to raise wages.
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2017
Auto unions seek repeat of 2016 base pay hike amid firms' cloudy earnings prospects
Annual spring wage negotiations between companies and labor unions got into full swing Wednesday with unions from Japan's major automakers demanding the same base wage increase as last year despite concerns about the industry's earnings prospects.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 26, 2017
Stingy pay raises pull the handbrake on Japan's inflation drive
As the world puts the worst of the disinflationary threat behind it, tepid wage growth is shaping up as a key restraint to a genuine reflationary era taking hold in some economies. Nowhere is this more so than Japan.
EDITORIALS
Jan 19, 2017
Varied agenda in wage talks
Overwork and pay raises are major issues in this year's union-management wage negotiations.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2016
Pro-business policy won't raise pay
The disappointing results of the annual wage negotiations highlight the limitations of the Abe administration's drive to prod firms to raise wages.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2016
Rengo to focus on monthly pay in wage-hike talks, not annual income
This year's shunto spring wage talks should focus on raising monthly pay rather than annual pay, Rikio Kozu, president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), said in an interview Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 19, 2016
Keidanren seeking annual wage increases at 2016 negotiations
Keidanren is calling on member companies to consider annual income growth for workers as the 2016 wage talks between management and employees get under way.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 2, 2016
14 U.S. states to see minimum wage hike in '16, bringing national hourly average to just over $9
As the United States marks more than six years without an increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, 14 states and several cities are moving forward with their own increases, with most set to start taking effect on Friday.
BUSINESS
Dec 24, 2015
Abe, BOJ urge higher wages; businesses unconvinced
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday applied fresh pressure on companies to do their part in putting a sustained end to deflation by boosting wages and investment.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Over 40% of Japan's municipalities at risk of vanishing, study finds
Of 1,729 local municipalities nationwide, 744 have been identified as being at risk of disappearing.
Princess Aiko makes debut at imperial garden party
Princess Aiko attends an imperial garden party in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Yen inches closer to intervention point as BOJ meeting starts
The rate of the yen against the U.S. dollar is displayed in the trading room at foreign exchange brokerage Gaitame.com in Tokyo on Thursday.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tokyo's Koto Ward by-election a race unlike any other
Natsumi Sakai, the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan’s candidate and one of four female candidates running in the by-election, touts her experience as a cancer survivor and midwife as having prepared her to tackle issues that women currently face.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.
For amateur sumo, a fresh start offers hope against time-wasting and gamesmanship
Wrestlers prepare for the start of a bout at the 2023 Sumo World Championships in Tokyo. Starting this month, placing one hand on the clay first is no longer allowed.
LDP veteran Nikai's youngest son expected to succeed him in Wakayama
Toshihiro Nikai, former secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, announced in March that he would not run in the next Lower House election to take responsibility for the political funds scandal that rocked his party and his own faction.
New workers name Shohei Ohtani as 'dream boss' for two years running
Shohei Ohtani has been overwhelmingly voted as the “dream boss” for people who started working in April, according to a survey.

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