Wages dropped in June for the first time this year, indicating slower consumer spending coupled with falling exports may bring on a recession.
Monthly wages, including overtime and bonuses, decreased 0.6 percent from a year earlier to ¥463,013, the labor ministry said Thursday. Bonuses fell 1.5 percent.
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