TOKYO -- Japanese women's wages hit an all-time high last year, but they continued to earn far less than men.
Female full-timers made an average 244,600 yen ($2,157) a month in 2016, the third straight annual record, a labor ministry survey released Wednesday found. The figure was 73% of what men made, meaning the gender gap was the narrowest on record and had improved by 10 percentage points over the past 20 years.
