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cover of episode Japanese consumers squeezed by stagnant wages, rising prices

Japanese consumers squeezed by stagnant wages, rising prices

2023/7/21
logo of podcast In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News

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Preliminary figures from Japan's labor ministry show real wages in May were down by 1.2% from a year earlier, extending the decline to a fourteenth month.