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dagon
Looks like they got the LDP crony construction combine covered with wage increases. How about the other 95% of workers?
Maybe if they constructed a wage system that compensated domestic workers well first, they would come?
u_s__reamer
3.91% after 31 years? - Scrooged again!
Chico3
3.9% raise, sharp raise? Wow! Real sharp, Japan (sarcasm). At least make it 4.
Eastman
sharp?
OMG
no komento senores...senoritas...
we did 22% from july to all staff.
but yes we are not in news...
Righteous
Yep, 1992. End of the bubble. I missed the good times. They used to throw 10,000 yen bills like confetti.
Fredrik
What was the news the other day?
They would need to increase salaries by at least 40% to catch up. And this inflation has just started...
La vie douce
Great...and how much are pay rises at " minor firms" ?
kurisupisu
A 3.91% rise is so sharp that I can cut paper with it; only need soggy paper though
dan
This is a joke !
3.91 % !!
Righteous
Just to be clear, it is 3.91 percent NOT 4 percent.
pfaulkne
What’s the Japanese teacher’s union doing?
Jonathan Prin
What about what you obtain in your pocket (net not gross)?
If I remember well muninipal tax is compulsory and above 10 % so this raise can be considered in real value more like 3.5 % or even less.
And an average over only 92 companies, with no leveling by number of employees by company is just a lure from companies.
SDCA
Meanwhile, our purchasing power has been seeing a flat line and declines in certain areas despite this sharp increase I'm hearing about.
serendipitous1
That's a big increase for Japan and as it's the biggest in 31 years, who would complain about it?
MichaelBukakis
Official inflation is over 8% , unofficially it’s close to 20% for many goods. So even at the official rate of 8% you lost 5% purchasing power even if you are in the TINY minority of lucky people who got raises.
Roy Sophveason
As of April 2023, the inflation rate is at 3.5%.
Meaning "what I feel I think it could be in my opinion"?
The product group with the highest increase in prices was household goods at 9.8%, followed by food at 9.0% YoY.