TOKYO -- Major Japanese retailer Aeon will increase hourly wages for part timers by an average of 7% as early as March, as the economic recovery from the coronavirus intensifies competition for the country's workers.
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Japan retailer Aeon to hike part-time wage by 7% for 400,000 workers
Retailer increases pay more than inflation to counter labor crunch
A worker at an Aeon store in Chiba prefecture stocks the fish counter. Aeon's retail operations include supermarkets, malls and drugstores. © Reuters
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