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The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at its next policy review on March 18-19, as officials repeatedly cite the need to gauge the sustainability of wage growth ...

This year is shaping up to be the moment Japan’s long-sought “wage-price virtuous cycle” finally becomes entrenched. Long-term yields have risen sharply and we think interest rate futures ...

TOKYO -- Japan's largest labor confederation announced on Friday that its unions have won an average 5.46% rise in wages from April, adding to last year's increase and coming ahead of the Bank of ...

signaling wage growth that gives the Bank of Japan a fresh reason to keep raising interest rates. Preliminary data from the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, known as Rengo, showed that 760 ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba called on unions and companies to boost workers’ pay, just as their annual pay ...

Rengo represents around seven million workers in Japan. Friday’s results indicate a steady wage growth trend, likely sparking market speculation that the BOJ may consider another rate hike ...

[TOKYO] Many of Japan’s biggest companies from tech conglomerates to Toyota have met union demands for substantial wage hikes for a third consecutive year, seeking to help workers cope with inflation ...

Japan’s largest companies are expected to offer substantial wage hikes for a third consecutive year, helping workers cope with inflation and retain staff amid labour shortages, per Reuters.

That is higher than last year's 5.10% increase and the biggest rise since 1991. Although Japan's spring wage negotiations, known as shunto, mostly cover only relatively large companies ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's real wages fell in January after two months of slight gains, data showed on Monday, days before the annual rounds of pay negotiations held each spring culminate at the ...

That is higher than last year's 5.10% increase and the biggest rise since 1991. Although Japan's spring wage negotiations, known as shunto, mostly cover only relatively large companies ...