{"id":165561,"date":"2024-09-06T14:35:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=165561&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-09-06T14:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T05:35:20","slug":"minimum-wage-rise-oct","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/minimum-wage-rise-oct\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka&#8217;s Minimum Wage to Rise by \u00a551"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Labour Bureau announced an increase in the prefecture&#8217;s minimum hourly wage from 941 yen to 992 yen, effective October 5. The 51-yen hike is the largest since 2002 and aims to address inflation and regional disparities. Despite the increase, Fukuoka&#8217;s new minimum wage is still 171 yen lower than Tokyo&#8217;s, which is the highest in the country at 1,163 yen.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/jsite.mhlw.go.jp\/fukuoka-roudoukyoku\/news_topics\/houdou\/tinnage_060905.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Labour Bureau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_hakata-mar_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka&#039;s Minimum Wage to Rise by \u00a551\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_hakata-mar_2024_WEB.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_hakata-mar_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_hakata-mar_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_hakata-mar_2024_WEB.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Labour Bureau announced an increase in the prefecture&#8217;s minimum hourly wage from 941 yen to 992 yen, effective October 5&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":160692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-165561","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-fukuoka-prefecture","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/165561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=165561"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=165561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=165561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}