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BONUSES

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 18, 2022
Japanese companies raise winter bonus by 9.7%: report
Steel-makers led all industries in bonus increases, while the semiconductor industry saw several companies reporting record profits led by strong demand.
BUSINESS
Jun 12, 2019
Summer bonuses at major Japanese firms down 2.52% from previous year
The average summer bonus at major companies this year declined 2.52 percent from a year earlier to ¥971,777, down for the first time in two years, an initial tally by the Japanese Business Federation showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 10, 2017
Summer bonuses at major firms fall for first time in five years
Summer bonuses at major companies fell 4.56 percent to ¥917,906 ($8,300) on average from last summer, posting the first drop in five years, the Japan Business Federation said in a preliminary report.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 16, 2016
Nonregular workers deserve equivalent bonuses and benefits, says work reform guideline draft
Nonregular workers should be given bonuses equivalent to those received by regular employees who do the same jobs, a draft guideline for workplace reform says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 5, 2015
Germans torpedo Yasaka Maru; Men spending more on booze; Japan, ROK restore ties; South Korea to allow singing in Japanese
100 YEARS AGOFriday, Dec. 24, 1915
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 21, 2014
Does an increase in summer bonuses mean a healthier economy?
Average bonus amounts are going up this summer, but the number of bonuses are going down.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2014
Toyota directors to share ¥1.5 billion in 19% pay bump
Toyota Motor Corp. plans to boost pay for directors by 19 percent for the last fiscal year after the company earned record profit.
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2013
Major firms boost winter bonuses
The average winter bonus at major companies rose 3.47 percent from last year to ¥806,007 on the back of the economic recovery, Keidanren said Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 8, 2013
Summer bonus up at big firms
Workers at leading companies received a summer bonus of ¥809,502 on average this year, up 4.99 percent from the previous year and the sharpest rise since 1991, a survey released Wednesday by Keidanren said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jul 14, 2010
The bonus is in the bank
When bonuses aren't spent then the economy stays in the doldroms and, consequently, bonuses shrink.

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