Wages at Fujitsu are high in the Japanese electronics industry, but CEO Takahito Tokita says the company needs to pay more amid an intensifying global race for talent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/13/companies/fujitsu-ceo-raising-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fujitsu #wages
The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan surpassed 10,000 for the second year in a row in 2025 as smaller businesses were hard hit by soaring labor costs and surging prices, a credit research firm has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/13/companies/corporate-bankruptcies-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #surveys #bankruptcy #wages
Growth in Japan’s base salaries held firm even as nominal wage gains decelerated sharply, sending mixed signals to the Bank of Japan two weeks before authorities next meet to decide policy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/08/economy/base-pay-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #wages #kazuoueda #sanaetakaichi #rengo
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.
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Who Works from Home After the Pandemic? https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iae:iaewps:wp2025n18&r=&r=bec
"… while worker preferences are relevant, the results suggest that it is the nature of jobs that is the main factor determining who has the option to work from home.
… strong associations between #WFH full days and both occupation and industry
… findings suggest that the growth in WFH may be driving further increases in labour market inequality. WFH comes with obvious benefits for workers such as reduced commuting costs and improved work-family fit, and these benefits are mostly being captured by workers in higher paying jobs and occupations, employed on permanent contracts, and working full-time hours.
That said, those taking advantage of the option to work from home might face long-term career penalties, with evidence from choice experiments suggesting that fully remote workers are at a disadvantage in terms of future promotion and salary increase prospects"
#LaborMarkets #wages
Many Japanese business leaders are hoping to achieve wage hikes at or above last year's results in this year's spring wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/07/companies/business-leaders-positive-wage-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #japaneseeconomy #wages #newyear #keidanren #jcci #inflation #keizaidoyukai
Who Works from Home After the Pandemic? https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:iae:iaewps:wp2025n18&r=&r=bec
"… while worker preferences are relevant, the results suggest that it is the nature of jobs that is the main factor determining who has the option to work from home.
… strong associations between #WFH full days and both occupation and industry
… findings suggest that the growth in WFH may be driving further increases in labour market inequality. WFH comes with obvious benefits for workers such as reduced commuting costs and improved work-family fit, and these benefits are mostly being captured by workers in higher paying jobs and occupations, employed on permanent contracts, and working full-time hours.
That said, those taking advantage of the option to work from home might face long-term career penalties, with evidence from choice experiments suggesting that fully remote workers are at a disadvantage in terms of future promotion and salary increase prospects"
#LaborMarkets #wages
"The economic activity of the 30,000 cooperatives in the U.S. contributes an estimated $154 billion to the nation’s total income. The co-ops have helped to create over 2.1 million jobs, with an impact on wages and salaries of almost $75 billion (Deller et al 2009)."
(The numbers have grown since this article was written.)
This year’s winter bonuses at large companies in Japan averaged ¥1,004,841, topping ¥1 million for the first time since comparable data became available in 1981, a survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/25/companies/japan-big-firms-winter-bonus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #wages #japaneseeconomy #surveys #keidanren
The Bank of Japan should take a cautious approach to raising interest rates as the government pulls out all the stops to energize the economy, according to a former board member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/25/economy/boj-cautious-rate-hikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #japaneseeconomy #yutakaharada #inflation #wages
Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama and health minister Kenichiro Ueno have agreed to raise medical service fees by 2.22% in fiscal 2026, the first increase in 12 years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/24/japan/medical-service-fees-agreement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hospitals #inflation #health #wages
The government has decided to move up a planned overhaul of the pay structure for Self-Defense Forces personnel, to a year earlier than scheduled, as it seeks to address chronic staffing shortages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/23/japan/society/japan-sdf-pay-scale-overhaul/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #sdf #defenseministry #wages
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing will raise base salaries for new graduates in Japan by as much as 12%, stepping up efforts to secure and retain talent as the country’s workers grapple with inflation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/22/companies/japan-uniqlo-operator-pay-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #uniqlo #fastretailing #wages #inflation
The Bank of Japan’s anticipated rate hike on Friday could weigh on companies’ ability to raise wages in the coming fiscal year, says the head of Japan’s auto workers union. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/companies/japan-auto-union-chair-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #wages #boj #ratehike #kazuoueda #confederationofjapanautomobileworkersunions #akihirokaneko
Japan’s car industry union will seek a slightly more ambitious wage hike goal in the upcoming round of negotiations compared with the previous year as the Bank of Japan tracks pay trends in the U.S. tariffs-hit sector. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/12/companies/auto-union-wage-gain/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #boj #kazuoueda #carmakers #us #tariffs #wages #toyota #nissan #honda #unions
Japan’s economy shrank in the three months through September, the government confirmed, giving some justification for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s stimulus package. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/08/economy/japan-revised-gdp-july-september-down/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #economicindicators #gdp #japaneseeconomy #wages #inflation #boj #sanaetakaichi
A federation of labor unions in Japan’s machinery and metal sectors said Thursday that it would request a pay scale hike of at least ¥17,000 per month in next year’s spring labor-management negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/04/companies/japan-unions-wake-hike-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #shunto #wages #unions
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, adopted a plan to demand a pay increase of 5% or more in annual spring wage negotiations next year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/28/economy/rengo-wage-hike-shunto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #wages #shunto #inflation #japaneseeconomy #jobs #unions
A body for labor unions in the automotive, electronics and other industries announced a policy for its member unions to ask for a pay scale hike of at least ¥12,000 per month in next year's wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/27/economy/jcm-shunto-pay-hike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #shunto #wages #us #tariffs #manufacturing #metals
The profit margin at general hospitals in Japan, excluding psychiatric institutions, stood at minus 7.3% on average in fiscal 2024, a 0.2 percentage point improvement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/26/japan/general-hospitals-in-red/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hospitals #doctors #wages #mhlw #surveys
The leader of Japan’s largest labor union group urged Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s government to do more to fight inflation to help ensure that workers’ wage gains outpace increases in the costs of living. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/25/economy/rengo-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #sanaetakaichi #reno #unions #wages #tomokoyoshino