Major Japanese firms are likely to continue offering bumper wage ... a tight job market highlights the central bank's success ...

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to ...

Japan's service robot industry is set to triple in size by 2030. The country has become a hotbed for service robotics—from ...

A major Japanese labour union group said on Thursday its member unions had struck agreements for substantial wage hikes, ...

Headline cash pay growth slipped to 2.8 per cent in January from 4.4 per cent in December. Growth in one-off bonus payments fell 3.7 per cent after December’s 6.2 per cent rise, which helped pull the ...

Japan’s Services PMI and BoJ signals could shift yen trends, while US jobs data and ISM PMI influence Fed rate bets. Key ...

Long-term yields have risen sharply and we think interest rate futures markets are underestimating the likelihood that the Bank of Japan will deliver its next increase by the summer. In the past few ...

USD/JPY faces pressure as BoJ rate hike bets grow. Japan’s wage growth, household spending, and inflation data could dictate ...

On paper, Japan’s output gap ... the BOJ said a dwindling pool of female and elderly workers meant labor market conditions are tightening even amid subdued economic growth.

Market players are also closely monitoring the shunto spring ... The strong results reflected Japan's severe labor crunch, which prompted companies to raise salaries to retain workers and attract ...

The sale comes against the backdrop of several tumultuous years for the fitness brand, after a drowning at last year’s ...