July 25, 2024 at 6:35 PM GMT+8 Prime Minister Fumio Kishida set a target last year to raise the minimum wage to 1,500 yen by the mid-2030s, implying an annual gain of around 3.5%. Maryam Majd—Getty Images Japan’s labor ministry proposed a record increase in the minimum wage for...
In 2024, annual wage negotiation between employers and unions, known as “Shunto”, or spring offensive, have shown that more than 3,200 companies in Japan plan to raise wages by 5.2%, the highest rate in 33 years. More employees in Japan are seeking new jobs: 4.9% of employed persons...
"We need to have wages rise faster than the rate of inflation to make households wealthier," Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba told parliament on Friday, stressing the need to promote investment and continue hiking Japan's minimum wage. "Until we achieve an economy where wage gr...
Japan Nominal Wage Growth Below Expectations Average cash earnings in Japan increased by 3% year-on-year in August 2024, slowing from a 3.4% growth in July and missing market expectations of 3.1%, reflecting a normalization in wages after the summer bonus season. The latest figure supports the...
As of October 2023, Japan’s national minimum wage is JPY 1,002 per hour. Japan’s prefectures* can also set their own higher minimums. Tokyo’s, for instance, is JPY 1,113. *Japan is made up of 47 administrative prefectures, spread throughout eight regions. The prefectures operate bene...
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Japan typically has a 40-hour workweek and the minimum hourly wage for workers is established by each region’s Regional Minimum Wage Council. The current national weighted average minimum wage in Japan is 931 Yen. The average rose to 961 yen on April 1, 2023. However, if employees work ...
The hourly salary is around 830 JPY, which is the minimum wage in Niigata prefecture. In the beginning I was only working half days, because I was still attending language classes during the morning. When working full days, the salary is enough to make a living, especially because my rent...
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