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Japan’s Biggest Labor Union Federation Calls for 6% Wage Hike in 2027

The union group also set a 15% wage-growth goal by 2030 as it seeks to keep recent pay gains going.

Summary by The Japan Times
Member unions typically submit their wage demands by around February, with companies responding from March onward.

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The largest rengo union association in Japan is going to get companies to raise wages by at least 5%, and ideally 6% in the negotiations next year, Bloomberg says with reference to the association's statement. "We've been raising wages by at least 5% three years in a row," said the chairman of the Rengo board, Tomoko Yoshino. "We need to try and make sure that real wages rise steadily above inflation by at least one percentage point." Rengo repr…

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BizToc broke the news on Thursday, October 22, 2026.
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