Japan’s real wages rose for the first time in five months in January, the government said Tuesday, largely benefiting from a change in the way inflation was calculated in the survey compared to the previous month.
The wage report offers some relief for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government after a sharp rise in global energy costs and a recent surge in coronavirus infections posed headwinds to corporate and consumer activity in the country.
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