According to business consultant Masao Kitami, during 1997-2007, total wages declined by ¥20 trillion. "When people say Japan is becoming a society with a widening income gap," he writes, "I tell them, we've descended into a 'low-wage society.'"
Seventy-four percent of fixed-contract workers such as part-time and temporary employees earned less than 2 million yen a year, according to a recent survey, up 16.7 percentage points from the last survey in 2009, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Sept. 14.
Japan's expenditure on education as a percentage of gross domestic product in 2008 remained the lowest among 31 member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development...[and] pointed out that "other factors that influence the quality of education need to be taken into account," such as improving teachers' salaries and working conditions in Japan.
In principle, a work week is supposed to total 40 hours, divided into eight hours per day. Any work beyond this limit is only possible with prior agreement between the employer and employees, and is subject to overtime payment. If overtime work is done with the understanding of the employer but without an explicit request, the employee can still file a request for unpaid overtime wages.
Men born in the latter half of the 1970s tend to be mired in nonregular jobs […]
Summer bonuses at large companies are set to grow for a second straight year, according to […]
Japanese football players are to form a union to demand better working conditions, including bigger rewards […]
A record 15 percent of public elementary and junior high school teachers across the country are […]
Almost one third (31 per cent) of all employers expect to increase salaries between three and […]
Commenting on the broader employment outlook for Japan’s economy, [Christine] Wright [managing director for a recruiting […]