Keidanren Chairman Tokura: We are working on wage increases with more passion and will than last year. He expressed hope that the move to raise wages will spread, including among small and medium-sized enterprises.

The Chubu region is a region where manufacturing supply chains centered on the automobile industry are typically concentrated. Keidanren is also paying close attention to wage increases in this region, and we are looking forward to it,'' Tokura said in a press conference in Nagoya.