Japan's spring wage talks start amid weak stocks, yen rise

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhiko Miyazaki (L), head of the Nippon Steel Corp. union, presents wage requests to the company's Managing Director Kizoh Hirayama (R) at its headquarters in Tokyo on Feb. 8 as Japan's ''shunto'' spring wage talks between corporate management and labor unions started the same day.

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