The following is the latest list of selected news summaries by Kyodo News.----------Major Japan business lobby to press firms for more than 4% wage hikesTOKYO - Japan's biggest business lobby Keidanren plans to urge major corporations to consider wage increases with "enthusiasm and determination stronger than this year," a draft guideline for the annual wage negotiations showed Monday, signaling its intention to seek pay hikes of over 4 percent.The average pay hike at major member firms this year stood at 3.99 percent, the highest in 31 years. The draft guideline did not include any numeric…READ FULL ARTICLE
