Abe calls for 3% hike in minimum wage to achieve GDP goal

Abe calls for 3% hike in minimum wage to achieve GDP goal

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) speaks at a meeting of the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Nov. 24, 2015. Abe said that a 3 percent hike in the minimum wage is needed annually to achieve the government's goal of boosting Japan's nominal gross domestic product to 600 trillion yen ($5 trillion yen). (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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