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Steven M. Jankowski
Right, a pay increase among a select number of companies that will hardly offset the increased sales tax in a few months.
At least there IS a pay increase, but it'd be nicer if this was to the national minimum wage.
AussiePete
No, it is an annual increase of 2.43%. Regardless of whether you calculate it by the day, week or year, the percentage rise is still the same.
kurisupisu
Nothing to get happy about then!
The majority of Japanese are involved in part time work which hasn’t had any such increase.
So, the majority of workers in Japan receive.... no pay rise.
talaraedokko
How many foreigners are included in these numbers? How many of these companies are J government connected? How many people actually got a raise?
yoshi
In the population decreasing society, the priority is to keep the lowest unemployment rate. Secondary, it's important to continue increasing of annual wages amount. In this situation, the bias of understaffed condition is spreading between working sectors. So the appropriate immigration policies are becoming very important.
Bugle Boy of Company B
So that works out to an annual increase of 29%?? I have doubts...
Ganbare Japan!
Excellent news. Good for them.