THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 24, 2023 at 15:49 JST
Tomoko Yoshino, chairwoman of Rengo (Japanese Trade Union Confederation), at a wage negotiation with Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) in Tokyo on Jan. 23. (Jumpei Miura)
Japan’s most influential business group signaled it would push for substantial wage increases as demanded by the largest labor organization in the nation during a meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 23. [Read More]
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