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WAGES

EDITORIALS
Feb 12, 2018
Job security for irregular workers
Businesses should stop viewing irregular workers as disposable assets.
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2018
Japan's business execs paid less than regional counterparts, study says
Japanese executives receive lower pay than their counterparts in other parts of Asia and those seeking to change jobs increasingly cite money as their main motivation, according to studies by a recruitment firm.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 6, 2018
Japanese firms seen buckling on Abe's request for 3% wage hikes
Japan Inc. shows signs of bending to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call for wage hikes as the government cooks up legislation to cut corporate taxes this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 27, 2017
Five years of Abenomics: The good, the bad and the sluggish
Five years since Shinzo Abe came to power, the economy is much stronger, but still falls short of the revolution he pledged to deliver.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2017
Workers in Japan may see 1% pay raise in 2018 as labor crunch intensifies
Workers will see a 1 percent increase in their total earnings next year, the most since 1997, as rising profits and the tightest labor market in decades add upward pressure on pay, a Bloomberg survey shows.
BUSINESS / Companies
Nov 13, 2017
Japan's cash-rich companies ready to spend reserves on M&As, but not wages: poll
Japanese companies are warming to mobilizing their mountains of accumulated cash for mergers and acquisitions but remain stubbornly resistant to wage increases, a poll showed on Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 1, 2017
In Japan, wages stubbornly refuse to rise despite tight labor market and steady economic growth
Japan is discovering that even the tightest labor market in a generation is no quick spur for higher wages.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 31, 2017
Why economic growth is no longer enough
Gains in capital productivity are not being translated into higher median incomes — a breach of the social contract on which liberal economies rest.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Oct 14, 2017
Shake Shack experiments with automated order kiosks in U.S.
Beloved burger chain Shake Shack recently announced plans to use automated kiosks in lieu of employees to take orders at its new Astor Place location in New York.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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