TOKYO -- Japanese companies have raised wages by an average of 5.49% this year, little changed from 2024, as the pace of increases in manufacturing slows while other sectors catch up, a Nikkei ...

Growth in nominal wages slowed more than expected in March while early trade figures for April showed export growth slowing, adding to the case for the Bank of Japan to proceed cautiously with ...

we study the potential impact on wage dynamics of the planned minimum wage increase policy in Japan. Our main result is that stepping up minimum wage growth from 2 to the planned 3 percent per year ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday cut its economic growth ... wage growth boosting household disposable income," the IMF said in the report. The IMF expects Japan's ...

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 ...

The Bank of Japan ... wage increases for most of the past three years, Japanese consumers have been reluctant to spend. Weak consumption caused Japan’s inflation-adjusted growth rate to slow ...

Today: Japan’s central bank cut its economic growth forecast for the country in half. The Bank of Japan on Thursday lowered its expectations for 2025 gross domestic product growth to an anemic 0 ...

The Bank of Japan has slashed its economic growth forecasts ... downgrade and warned of a period in which both inflation and wage growth might slow. Under Ueda, the BoJ has been on a path towards ...

(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 ...