TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese health ministry committee recommended on Wednesday that the country’s average minimum wage be raised by 28 yen, or about 3%, to 930 yen ($8.42) per hour, Kyodo News reported.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has repeatedly said his goal is to raise the nationwide average minimum wage to 1,000 yen an hour.
($1 = 110.4800 yen)
(Reporting by Daniel Leussink)
