Japan's real wages in 2025 fell 1.3 percent from a year earlier, marking the fourth consecutive year of decline, as pay hikes failed to keep pace with rising prices, government data showed Monday.Nominal wages, or the average monthly cash earnings per worker including base and overtime pay, increased 2.3 percent last year to 355,919 yen ($2,260), up for the fifth straight year, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.But consumer prices rose 3.7 percent in the reporting year, picking up pace from a 3.2 percent increase in the previous year, weighing on inflation-adjusted wage…READ FULL ARTICLE
