By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) - More than half of Japanese companies are planning to raise wages this year, according to a Reuters monthly poll, meet.
More than half of Japanese companies are planning to raise wages this year, according to a Reuters monthly poll, meeting a key request from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to help workers cope with
Japan s Nikkei share average
rose on Tuesday to briefly top the key 28,000 level for the
second time this month, as investors readied for U.S. inflation
data and the Federal Reserve s policy. | December 13, 2022
Tokyo shares closed lower on Monday, dragged down by market heavyweight SoftBank Group, which tanked more than 12 percent after reporting a half-year net loss. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 1.06 percent, or 300.10 points, to end at 27,963.47, while the broader Topix index fell 1.05 percent, or ..