The government is in the final stages of raising Japan’s minimum wage for fiscal 2024 by 50 yen, or 5 percent, to 1,054 yen ($6.80) per hour, the highest-ever national weighted average.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said on Tuesday that he will ask companies to implement significant ...

Japan's government finalised a $92 billion supplementary budget on Friday to shield households from rising living costs, ...

Prices on another 109 food and beverage items -- mainly processed foods -- will increase starting December in Japan, ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Tuesday the government will work with business leaders and labor unions to create an ...

Japan has approved a $250 billion economic stimulus package centered around initiatives intended to boost incomes.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called on companies to continue ramping up pay for workers, as his government seeks to ...

With this Aug. 29 decision, all prefectures have finalized their rates. Japan’s national weighted average minimum wage for fiscal 2024 increased by a record 51 yen, or 5.1 percent, to 1,055 yen ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's rising minimum wage is likely to push up inflation mainly through higher services prices, the central bank said on Friday, signalling confidence over prospects that ...

Asked about Ishiba's pledge to raise Japan's hourly minimum wage to 1,500 yen ($9.81) in five years, nearly two-thirds of respondents said it was an unrealistic target. "When you think about ...