Annual wage talks begin with focus on pay hikes

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuaki Koga (standing), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation, addresses a meeting with Japanese business leaders, including Fujio Mitarai (R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2010. The meeting heralded the start of annual spring wage negotiations between labor unions and management.

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