This article was originally featured on Yahoo News. Written by Haruki Konno.
今日3月13日は春闘の集中回答日だ。今年の春闘は大企業正社員の賃上げを中心に、「早期回答」「満額回答」「大幅賃上げ」など景気の良い言葉が並ぶが、そうした実感のない人も多いのではないだろうか。
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Toyota labor unions to demand minimum ¥6,000 pay hike
Wages not keeping up with higher consumer prices
Although her husband’s salary increased, a Tokyo woman said she has tightened her family’s purse strings.
“Except for what my child absolutely needs, we have to be frugal in our spending,” the 37-year-old woman said.
Japan’s real wage index was minus 2.8 percent in October compared with the same period in 2013, the 16th straight month the index has fallen below zero, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on Dec. 2.