Nominal wages in Japan rose 0.5 percent in April from a year before after declining a month earlier, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said in a preliminary report on Tuesday.
Lyu Qingfa is making his 16th trip to Tonghua in two years in order to demand wages held in arrears for him and his employees.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will work to boost the minimum wage to a national average of ¥1,000 per hour, through a policy encouraging wage hikes of about 3 percent every year. He made the remarks during a Tuesday meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy that he chairs.
The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe indicated it wants companies to raise salaries as corporate earnings and investments increase, to spur its reflationary efforts as business and union leaders began negotiations on annual wages here Wednesday.
The Chinese government on Monday launched a wages overhaul to ensure that millions of migrant workers from the country's rural regions get properly paid before they return home for a major traditional Chinese holiday.
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