Japan’s Top FX Diplomat Mimura: Small and medium firms have strong prospects of wage hikes

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3 March 2025

Japan’s Top FX Diplomat Mimura: Small and medium firms have strong prospects of wage hikes

Atsushi Mimura, Japan’s Vice Finance Minister For International Affairs and top foreign exchange official, said on Monday, “It's not only big firms, also hearing small and medium firms have strong prospects of wage hikes.”

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