Japan’s average hourly minimum wage is finally set to rise above ¥1,000 after recommendations for a ¥41 increase. A subcommittee of the Central Minimum Wages Council (an advisory body to the minister ...
At least one business leader is telling smaller companies to embrace the prime minister’s ambitious minimum-wage target or pack it in, and the organization he leads wants to accelerate the timeline ...
A poster informing people of rising minimum wages is seen in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, Aug. 13, 2025. (Mainichi/Natsuko Ishida) TOKYO -- This fiscal year saw unprecedented increases in minimum wages ...
Most European countries have a single national minimum wage. An increase in minimum wage implies shocks of different magnitudes to sectors and subnational regions. Using sectoral and regional ...