Minimum hourly wages across Japan are set to break the 1,000 yen ($6.78) barrier in all 47 prefectures for the first time to help workers on the breadline counter surging consumer prices.

Real wages in Japan are down for the eighth straight month as price rises continue to outpace pay growth. Preliminary data ...

Starting in October, various systems and mechanisms relating to our daily lives in Japan will change. The medical co-payment ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese Labour Ministry panel on Monday proposed a 6% increase in the national average minimum wage for this fiscal year, the biggest such jump since at least 2002, as the ...

Japan will raise its minimum hourly wage by a record 6.3% to ¥1,121 ($7.56), reinforcing the nation’s wage-price cycle and supporting the case for the Bank of Japan to keep hiking rates. Prefectures ...

The increase in labor wages in Japan has led to a high unemployment rate. As a result, companies are turning to foreign ...

Japan’s labour cash earnings and household spending rose, while President Trump signed an executive order clarifying the 15% tariff deal. Local wires reported that the minimum wage in Japan is ...

Japan's jobless rate rose to its highest in over a year, signaling a slight loosening of the labor market as speculation swirls over a Bank of Japan rate hike in the near term.

Japan’s wages rose at the slowest pace in three months with real pay extending its falling streak, highlighting a challenge ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a policy blueprint focused on wage hikes, setting a target of approximately 1 percent real pay growth annually over a five-year period to encourage consumer ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's real wages fell in June for the sixth consecutive month as inflation continued to outpace pay growth, government data showed on Wednesday, raising concerns about ...