Keidanren reluctant to hike wages

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, also known as Nippon Keidanren, responds to questions from reporters at the Keidanren hall after the most influential business lobby showed reluctance to hike wages, saying labor and management should share a sense of emergency amid the global economic downturn.

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