Japan plans record 6% minimum wage hike: Kyodo news
The proposed hike, to about 1,118 yen ($7.43) per hour, would exceed last year's increase of 5% and be the largest since the current system began, the agency added, without citing sources.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's administration set a target last year of raising the average minimum wage by 42% to 1,500 yen per hour by the end of the decade.
Raising the legally binding minimum wage would boost households' purchasing power, but squeeze profits at small firms that struggle to make ends meet. ($1=150.4600 yen) - Reuters
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