Minimum wage increase: the highest ever national average hourly wage of 901 yen, August 9 at 21:26
This year's minimum wage increase was 27 yen, the national average, and it was decided to be 901 yen per hour.
The minimum wage is the minimum wage that a company must pay to its employees, and discussions have been held by the labor bureau councils nationwide based on the guidelines given last month by the MHLW council.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the reports were compiled in all prefectures by the 9th, and it was decided to raise the national average by 27 yen to an hourly wage of 901 yen according to the national guidelines.
This is the biggest increase since 2002, when the minimum wage was shown in hourly wages.
By prefecture, the highest is 1013 yen in Tokyo, followed by 1011 yen in Kanagawa, both of which increased by 28 yen for the first time in Japan, exceeding the hourly wage of 1000 yen.
On the other hand, the lowest is Aomori, Iwate, Akita, Yamagata, Tottori, Shimane, Ehime, Kochi, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Oita, Miyazaki, Kagoshima, Okinawa, and it is raised from 26 yen to 29 yen, 790 yen have become.
Among these, Kagoshima Prefecture, which has the lowest minimum wage nationwide, has raised it by 29 yen, 3 yen higher than the national standard.
The new minimum wage will be applied sequentially after October 1st.