By Makiko Yamazaki and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s retailers, typically among the most tight-fisted of employers, are offering big pay increases for a second year in a row, meaning squeezed profits for companies, more spending money for workers, and a green light for more central bank rate hikes. Japan’s labour-intensive service sector had long managed to avoid making big or sustained pay raises, by tapping a vast pool of part-tim…

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s biggest business lobby Keidanren and trade unions kicked off annual labor talks on Wednesday that are likely to lead to another year of bumper wage hikes, though policymakers will be mainly focused on how far the momentum spreads to smaller firms.

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TOKYO: Japan's biggest business lobby Keidanren and trade unions kicked off annual labour talks on Wednesday that are likely to lead to another year of bumper wage hikes, though policymakers will be mainly focused on how far the momentum spreads to smaller firms.
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By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s biggest business lobby Keidanren and trade unions kicked off annual labour talks on Wednesday that are likely to lead to another year of bumper wage hikes, though policymakers will be mainly focused on how far the momentum spreads to smaller firms. With some of the biggest firms already promising to raise pay substantially for this year, the prospect of large wage hikes is seen supporting the case for…

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JAPAN’S biggest business lobby Keidanren and trade unions kicked off annual labour talks on Wednesday that are likely to lead to another year of bumper wage hikes, though policymakers will be mainly focused on how far the momentum spreads to smaller firms.

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Kaiho Research Institute (President: Seiichiro Kojo) announced the results of a survey on wage trends in companies in the prefecture on the 21st. A total of 79.9% of companies responded that they had "implemented" (76.0%) or "planned to implement" wage increases for full-time employees in fiscal 2024. This is the same percentage as in the previous survey in fiscal 2011, and the highest figure since the survey began in fiscal 2016.

海邦総研（湖城誠一郎社長）は２１日、県内企業賃金動向調査の結果を発表した。２０２４年度に正社員の賃上げを「実施した」（７６・０％）、「実施する予定」（３・９％）と回答した企業は合わせて７９・９％を占めた。前回２３年度調査と同じ割合で、調査を始めた１６年度以降、最高値となった。

沖縄県内企業、79.9％が賃上げ実施　海邦総研、2024年度調べ　「改善基調が継続に期待」 | 沖縄タイムス＋プラス

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