As Japan kicks off wage talks, policymakers face heat for ‘bad’ inflation

January 25, 2022 2:55 PM

TOKYO (REUTERS) – As Japan kicked off annual wage talks on Tuesday, policymakers sought to downplay the chance rising raw material prices could be stoking “bad inflation”, where wages fail to gain enough to make up for the rising cost of living for households.

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