Minimum wages across Japan are set to be significantly increased. Companies must adapt to rising costs and create an environment where sustainable pay increases are possible. A government council has ...

Japan hiked its permanent residency fee for foreigners to $1,266 along with new minimum requirements for income, pensions and ...

Japan's average hourly minimum wage for fiscal 2026 has marked its second-highest hike in history, reflecting rising commodity prices. All 47 prefectures have raised their minimum wage levels.

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 inflation ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A panel at the Japanese labour ministry has decided to raise the national average minimum wage by about 5% to 1,054 yen ($6.85) per hour this fiscal year, the biggest ever jump, ...

Japan will raise its minimum hourly wage by a record 6.3% to ¥1,121 ($7.56), reinforcing the nation’s wage-price cycle and supporting the case for the Bank of Japan to keep hiking rates. Prefectures ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -A Japanese Labour Ministry panel on Monday proposed a 6% increase in the national average minimum wage for this fiscal year, the biggest such jump since at least 2002, as the ...