{"id":179543,"date":"2026-09-01T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T02:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=179543&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2026-09-01T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T02:36:11","slug":"labor-bureau-backs-firms-as-minimum-wage-rises","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/labor-bureau-backs-firms-as-minimum-wage-rises\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor Bureau Backs Firms as Minimum Wage Rises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefecture&#8217;s minimum wage is expected to rise by 57 yen to 1,114 yen per hour on October 4. The prefectural minimum wage council submitted its recommendation on August 10. The increase is 8 yen smaller than last year&#8217;s rise but is still the second largest since the current calculation method began in 2002. Fukuoka Labor Bureau chief Kazumitsu Suzuki said the bureau would support small and midsize businesses through subsidies and measures aimed at improving productivity. The bureau also plans to monitor the effect of the increase on employment. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.web.nhk\/newsweb\/na\/nb-5010035080\" target=\"_blank\">NHK Fukuoka<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC1043S0Q6A810C2000000\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikkei<\/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\/2026\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-sky-view_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-176569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-sky-view_2026_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-sky-view_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-sky-view_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/fnn_fukuoka-city-sky-view_2026_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><br \/>\nPhoto:  Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p>Get Fukuoka and Kyushu\u2019s top stories delivered to your inbox. The Now is Fukuoka Now\u2019s free biweekly newsletter featuring local news, events, culture, business, and community updates in English. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\">Subscribe to The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\">this <strong>form<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fukuoka Prefecture&#8217;s minimum wage is expected to rise by 57 yen to 1,114 yen per hour on October 4. The prefectural minimum wage council submitted its recommendation on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30292,"featured_media":176569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-179543","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\/179543","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\/30292"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}