(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 government is likely to establish 1% growth in real wages as its first-ever official target for pay increases — a move that comes as prolonged inflation continues to exert a drag on domestic ...

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 ...

The Japanese government is likely to establish 1% growth in real wages as its first-ever official target for pay increases, a move that comes as prolonged inflation continues to exert a drag on ...

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 ...

Using prefectural data, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...