The approval rating for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet rose to 61.5%, the highest since he took office in October last year, as the government starts easing COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday. In the two-day telephone survey from Saturday, the rating was up from 58.7% about a month ago. It
None of Japan’s major companies see the yen’s recent rapid fall as positive for the domestic economy, even as the currency’s weakening typically benefits its export-oriented economic structure, a survey showed Monday. In a Kyodo News survey covering 125 companies, of which 109 such as Toyota Motor Corp. and Softbank Group Corp. gave valid answers,
IMAGE GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). More than two-thirds of Japanese firms do not prepare to raise base pay at this years labor talks, a survey revealed, with pay increases more most likely to come in the kind of one-time benefits that may not kick-start family spending.A slim majority of firms stated they would raise the
