Japan’s real wages were flat in April from a year earlier, while nominal wages grew 0.8 percent for the ninth consecutive monthly increase amid a recent rise in base salaries, the labor ministry said Wednesday.
The average of total cash earnings, including base and overtime pay, per worker, rose to ¥277,272 ($2,500) on a nominal basis, according to the ministry’s preliminary data.
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