It is the first time in 32 years for the average wage hike request to exceed 6%, amid the soaring cost of living and labor shortages.

Japan is likely to see the sharpest wage hikes in 33 years following "shunto" negotiations that prompted the country's central bank to raise interest rates for the first time in 17 years on hopes ...

Robust wage growth continued in this year’s “shunto” spring labor negotiations, as major companies gave favorable responses ...

This year’s shunto resulted in a wage increase rate of ... On the other hand, the current bout of inflation, first triggered by surging resource prices, is indeed changing the behavior of ...

in this year's "shunto" labor-management negotiations came to 6.09 pct, a Rengo survey showed Thursday. It is the first time in 32 years for the average wage hike request to exceed 6 pct ...