Japan’s wage hikes will expand income gaps

Annual ‘shunto’ negotiations have yielded a record wage increase

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US colleges are under political and financial pressure

Job security concerns are encouraging university and college employees to unionise

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Kosovo's ban on using the dinar risks driving more Serbs to leave while straining relations with Brussels and Washington

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Unemployment fell to an nine-year low at the end of 2023, but informality remains high and growth is cooling

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Disruptive industrial action by trainee doctors has escalated into a standoff with the government

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Migrants are a potential, if partial, solution to labour shortages in urban areas when given the right to work

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Consumption rebounded in 2023, with services in particular surging, but the property hangover will still exert an impact

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Despite wide anecdotal evidence of labour shortages, nominal wages have risen little and real wages have fallen

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The invasion of Ukraine is causing strains to show, with more Russians displaying negative feelings towards the war

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The presidential election scheduled for February looks increasingly likely to go to a run-off

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