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Costco's Japan Wages Provide Pathway to Firing up Nation's Low Pay, Economy usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
When Costco Wholesale opened its warehouse in a rural Japanese town not far from Tokyo last year offering hundreds of jobs at eye-popping pay, a nearby noodle shop chain took a drastic step: it hiked hourly wages by a third. "For us, even a one- or two-yen rise in raw materials costs is tough, so to increase hourly pay by even 10 yen is extremely challenging as we need to generate far more sales," said marketing director Takehiro Ehashi. After a round of internal discussions, Yamada-udon decided to renovate the store, in Meiwa, Gunma prefecture, offering 1,300 yen an hour for the first three months. ....
A senior Chinese Communist Party official plans to visit Tokyo this month to meet with leaders from Japan s ruling parties and discuss resuming regular talks between the parties for the first time. -May 21, 2024 at 10:55 pm EDT - MarketScreener ....
China, Japan to Discuss Resuming Ruling Party Talks After 6-Year Hiatus, NHK Reports usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Dealing with irate customers can be extremely stressful for call centre workers but Japan s SoftBank Corp thinks it has a solution: artificial intelligence-enabled software that softens the tone. ....