Japan June real wages fall but summer bonuses up


Office workers are silhouetted against a sunlit wall as they chat and walk in the shadow in Tokyo. Real wages in Japan in June fell 3.8% from a year earlier, following the same pace of decline logged in May - EPA Photo.

TOKYO: Japan's real wages fell for the 12th straight month in June, government data showed on Thursday, showing that the pace of growth in wages remains slower than that of prices.

Real wages, which are adjusted to reflect changes in consumer prices, in June fell 3.8% from a year earlier, following the same pace of decline logged in May, data from the labour ministry showed.

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