The biggest pay increase in 34 years promised by major Japanese companies is forcing smaller firms with smaller budgets to ...

Japan's service robot industry is set to triple in size by 2030. The country has become a hotbed for service robotics—from ...

A major Japanese labour union group said on Thursday its member unions had struck agreements for substantial wage hikes, ...

Long-term yields have risen sharply and we think interest rate futures markets are underestimating the likelihood that the Bank of Japan will deliver its next increase by the summer. In the past few ...

Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest pace in a year in March, dragged by declines in production and new orders in a ...

Headline cash pay growth slipped to 2.8 per cent in January from 4.4 per cent in December. Growth in one-off bonus payments fell 3.7 per cent after December’s 6.2 per cent rise, which helped pull the ...

The Au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI declined to 48.3 in March 2025 from 49.0 in the previous month, below market forecasts of 49.2, marking the ninth consecutive month of contractio ...

One of Yosuke Kobayashi’s biggest headaches has been finding enough workers to build hotels, restaurants and bath houses for his construction company. That was until the manager at ...

USD/JPY faces pressure as BoJ rate hike bets grow. Japan’s wage growth, household spending, and inflation data could dictate the Yen’s next move.

TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese labour union group representing major manufacturers said on Thursday its members are demanding a record increase in their base pay for this year, building on last year ...

Despite showing some signs of weakening during the past year, the labor market remains healthy with plentiful jobs and relatively few layoffs. The Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added a ...