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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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Keidanren, Rengo chiefs meet on employment amid economic downturn

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai (standing R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, widely known as Nippon Keidanren, addresses a meeting with members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation held at the Keidanren Kaikan hall Jan. 15. Leaders of Japan's largest business lobby and the country's largest labor union federation met to discuss employment stability amid the economic downturn, marking an effective start to this year's ''shunto'' spring labor offensive.

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Car, electronics makers offer wage hikes for 3rd straight year

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi, chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 12. Most leading Japanese car and electronics makers concluded this year's ''shunto'' spring wage talks with labor unions by offering to raise wages for the third consecutive year. But this year's wage hikes mostly failed to meet union requests and remained at the same levels as last year.

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, which effectively kicked off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese.

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (C), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting with the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, effectively kicking off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese.

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Unions urge equal treatment for foreign workers

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign workers rally in front of the head office of Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 10 to urge the state and companies to treat foreign and Japanese workers equally. The Zentoitsu Workers Union, which has foreign members, and four other unions made the demand to coincide with Japan's ''shunto'' annual spring labor-management wage talks.

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Hitachi head suggests more wage cuts at annual wage talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 17. He suggested the electronics titan may try to persuade its labor union to accept yet another wage cut during next spring's ''shunto'' annual wage talks. ''It may be a matter of course to conduct a wage cutback since the economy is going through deflation,'' Shoyama said.

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi (C), chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a meeting with the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, effectively kicking off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese. (Kyodo)

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'Shunto' wage negotiations start

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Okuda (C), chairman of the Japan Federation of Economic Organizations (Nippon Keidanren), speaks at a meeting with the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) in Tokyo on Jan. 11, which effectively kicked off annual spring wage negotiations, known as Shunto in Japanese. (Kyodo)

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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. (Kyodo)

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Car, electronics makers offer wage hikes for 3rd straight year

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Takagi, chairman of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo), speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 12. Most leading Japanese car and electronics makers concluded this year's ''shunto'' spring wage talks with labor unions by offering to raise wages for the third consecutive year. But this year's wage hikes mostly failed to meet union requests and remained at the same levels as last year. (Kyodo)

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Keidanren, Rengo chiefs meet on employment amid economic downturn

TOKYO, Japan - Fujio Mitarai (standing R), chairman of the Japan Business Federation, widely known as Nippon Keidanren, addresses a meeting with members of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation held at the Keidanren Kaikan hall Jan. 15. Leaders of Japan's largest business lobby and the country's largest labor union federation met to discuss employment stability amid the economic downturn, marking an effective start to this year's ''shunto'' spring labor offensive. (Kyodo)

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Hitachi head suggests more wage cuts at annual wage talks

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. President Etsuhiko Shoyama speaks in an interview with Kyodo News on Dec. 17. He suggested the electronics titan may try to persuade its labor union to accept yet another wage cut during next spring's ''shunto'' annual wage talks. ''It may be a matter of course to conduct a wage cutback since the economy is going through deflation,'' Shoyama said. (Kyodo)

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Abe asks Japanese business leaders to raise wages

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) speaks at a meeting with business leaders in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2016. Abe asked them to offer pay hikes during the annual "shunto" wage talks set to begin in 2017, as the Japanese economy struggles to beat chronic deflation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Unions urge equal treatment for foreign workers

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign workers rally in front of the head office of Nissan Motor Co. in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on March 10 to urge the state and companies to treat foreign and Japanese workers equally. The Zentoitsu Workers Union, which has foreign members, and four other unions made the demand to coincide with Japan's ''shunto'' annual spring labor-management wage talks. (Kyodo)