US EditionJapan’s Minimum Wage to Exceed ¥1,000 Nationwide for 1st Time; Record Increase of ¥63 Requested by Subcommittee
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Japan’s Minimum Wage to Exceed ¥1,000 Nationwide for 1st Time; Record Increase of ¥63 Requested by Subcommittee
A subcommittee of the Central Minimum Wages Council, an advisory body to the health, labor and welfare minister, decided Monday on a guideline for raising the minimum hourly wage in the current fiscal year by a record ¥63, or 6% on average nationwide. The minimum wage is set separately in each prefecture. Currently, there are 31 prefectures where the minimum wage is below ¥1,000, including Akita Prefecture, which has the lowest minimum wage in t…
With the price of rice continuing to rise, she hasn't bought any for about a year. A woman in her 40s living in Chiba Prefecture works part-time. She starts her daily cleaning duties at 7:30 a.m., including mopping, collecting trash, and wiping. Her current hourly wage is 1,100 yen. Until March...
[NHK] On the 4th, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's council, which has been discussing the minimum wage, announced a guideline for this fiscal year, calling for a 63 yen increase in the national average hourly wage.
On the 5th, the Kumamoto Regional Minimum Wage Council held the first meeting of the expert committee to discuss the specific amount of revision of the prefecture's minimum wage in Kumamoto City. The Central Minimum Wage Council, an advisory body to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, has set a target of raising the minimum wage in Kumamoto by 64 yen, the highest ever, and the committee has begun full-scale discussions, with a response ex…
A group from the Japanese Ministry of Labour yesterday proposed a 6.0% increase in the national average minimum wage for this fiscal year, the biggest increase of this kind since at least 2002, at a time when the government is striving to maintain wage-driven economic growth.Achieving real wage growth has become one of Japan's top political priorities, as persistent inflation continues to pressure households.The ruling coalition of the Prime Min…
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