If Japan can’t keep up its wage-hike momentum, that has implications for Sanae Takaichi’s tenure and the central bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/economy/rengo-wage-hike-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #rengo #japaneseeconomy #wages #boj #sanaetakaichi #inflation
As negotiations intensify over who will lead Japan, the Liberal Democratic Party and major opposition forces must consider the policy preferences of their core supporters before striking any deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/politics/support-groups/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #ldp #cdp #dpp #komeito #unions #rengo #sokagakkai
The Japanese Trade Union Confederation, or Rengo, is considering keeping leader Tomoko Yoshino in office for a third term. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/politics/yoshino-third-term/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#rengo #tomokoyoshino #shunto #wages
With Tomoko Yoshino's second term as president of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, the umbrella organization for labor unions in the country, set to end next month, all eyes are on whether she will seek a third. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/japan/politics/japan-rengo-head-yoshino-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics#rengo #tomokoyoshino #ldp #cdp #dpp #2025upperhouseelection
Japan’s annual wage negotiations concluded with the largest pay increase in 34 years, an outcome that supports the central bank’s view that a cycle of higher wages and prices is emerging. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/companies/japan-2025-wage-hike-biggest-in-34-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #wages #japaneseeconomy #inflation#rengo