A ``Government, Labor-Management Conference'' was held between the government, the business community, and the labor community, and Prime Minister Kishida requested cooperation in achieving a wage increase that exceeds last year's level.
He also emphasized that raising wages for small and medium-sized enterprises is essential, and that the government will do everything in its power to pass on labor costs to prices.
The government-labor-management meeting was held for the first time since November last year, and on the 22nd, in addition to Prime Minister Kishida and related ministers, Keidanren Chairman Tokura and others from the business world, and Rengo Chairman Yoshino and others from the labor world attended. did.
In this regard, Prime Minister Kishida stated, ``In order to seize the opportunity to transition to a ``new economy'' based on a virtuous cycle of income increases and growth, we must realize structural wage increases that outpace price increases.'' Ta.
He added, ``I ask the business community to focus on price trends in this year's spring labor-management negotiations and raise wages to a level higher than last year.This is a critical moment in whether Japan's economy will return to deflation or head toward a complete escape from deflation. '' and requested cooperation.
In addition, he emphasized that raising wages for small and medium-sized enterprises is essential, and emphasized that he would do everything in his power to pass on labor costs, which are equivalent to personnel costs, to prices. He also set up a liaison meeting among related ministries and agencies to follow up on efforts. I explained that I would go.
Furthermore, in order to spread the wage increases to local regions, the ministers concerned were instructed to actively hold "local government-labor-management conferences."