Growth in Japan’s nominal wages slowed more than expected in March, adding to the case for the Bank of Japan to proceed ...

Promoting a shift to regular employment and accelerating minimum wage increases are essential. As Japan's population declines ...

Japan’s labor market remained largely tight in March, supporting momentum for wage hikes, while uncertainties over the global ...

By applying the frequency distribution approach to a quasi-exogenous policy event in Japan, we find that a minimum wage increase reduced long working-hour jobs while increasing short working-hour jobs ...

The Bank of Japan plans to launch its own survey on wage hikes to obtain data of small and midsize companies without labor unions affiliated with Rengo, the country's largest trade union group, ...

Japan’s political parties are promising to raise the minimum wage, a step that may win votes in Sunday’s general election but could squeeze the small and midsize firms that form the backbone ...

TOKYO -- Risks of a sharp decline in earnings is threatening Japan's wage growth as the U.S. continues to wave its "tariff card" around the world, putting pressure on businesses that are already ...