With the government and Bank of Japan maintaining a price stability target of around 2 percent, the new wage goal would require 3 percent nominal growth, even as the economic outlook remains ...

Japan's real wages in April fell 1.8 percent from a year earlier, marking the fourth consecutive monthly decline, as pay ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government on Wednesday set a five-year goal of achieving annual inflation-adjusted wage growth of 1 percent across Japan through 60 trillion yen ($408 billion ...

The private sector has joined the government in pushing for 1% real wage growth annually over the next five years, as wages in Japan continue ... this month, the goal was brought up again on ...

The wage increases reportedly being sought by Japan's largest ... meet ambitious goals being set by the new administration, which is seeking to ensure sustainable economic growth in part with ...

TOKYO, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday the government must continue to promote growth in wages and investment for the economy to make a full exit from ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has made growth ... Japan's largest labor union group, Rengo, has stated that it will seek wage gains of at least 5% in these talks, maintaining the same goal it ...

Japan's PM Kishida holds a press conference, in Tokyo 33,723 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?33,723 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can ...

Japanese wage growth ended last year on a high note and justifies the Bank of Japan’s decision to raise rates at its January meeting. Minutes from the meeting have shown strong support for the ...

"Solid wage hikes will help put the Japanese economy on a growth track," said Tamon Nishio, UA Zensen's general secretary. "Many of our union members are from small and medium-sized firms and are ...

Tokyo: Growth in Japanese workers’ wages unexpectedly slowed in June ... sustainable inflation goal. Nominal cash earnings for workers rose 2.3% from the previous year, decelerating from ...