The council of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has set a guideline for raising the national average minimum wage from 902 yen to 28 yen per hour to 930 yen per hour.
The specific amount of increase will be decided for each prefecture in the future based on this guideline.
Last year, due to the influence of the new coronavirus, the council could not give a guideline for the increase, and the amount of increase was only 1 yen on average nationwide.