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Wages have barely risen in Japan since the asset bubble burst in the 1990s but have crept up recently, as companies face pressure to compensate employees for the rising cost of living.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Rising inflation and an intensifying labour crunch are prodding smaller local Japanese firms to follow their big counterparts in raising pay, a move that can generate broader wage hikes and encourage the central bank to phase out its massive stimulus. | 07:07pm
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Man arrested for kidnapping 14-year-old girl he met on SNS Feb. 3 05:17 am JST Feb. 3 | 06:53 am JST NARA Police in Nara city have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of kidnapping a 14-year-old girl whom he met on a social network site. According to police, Yu Ito, who works as a caregiver, met the junior high school girl on a social network site in early January, Sankei Shimbun reported. He arranged to meet her at a station in Nagoya at around 2 p.m. on Jan 4. He took the girl to his home where he confined her until Feb 1. The girl’s parents reported her missing on ...