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Workers earning the minimum wage will get a record raise after an advisory panel to the labor ministry on July 28 agreed to hike hourly pay by up to 41 yen, or an inflation-beating 4.3 percent.
A labor ministry advisory panel set a guideline for raising the minimum wage for the current fiscal year, representing the largest year-on-year increase on record.