The Japanese Prime Minister announced that will give up the expected salary increaseat a time when The Japanese government is asking for higher wages. and prepare salary increases throughout the public administration.
The Government of Fumio Kishida has prepared a bill to increase the salaries of the entire public administration, up to the top of the executive, and their annual salary should increase by 460,000 yen (2,850 euros), for a total of 40.6 million yen (250,000 euros).
“It is true that the decision to increase the salaries of the prime minister and ministers was criticized by Japanese public opinion,” but “We must avoid arousing distrust”said government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno on Thursday.
Consequently, “if parliament approves the bill, the prime minister, ministers and deputy ministers have decided to transfer the amount of their salary increases to the Treasury,” Matsuno continued.
Last week, Kishida presented a big news. Support plan for the Japanese economy.equivalent to more than 100 billion euroswith the intention of alleviate the effects of inflation in the population and treat increase the weak popularity index of the current government.
At the beginning of the year, inflation in Japan reached levels not seen since 1981 and currently remains well above the 2% target set by the Bank of Japan.
Rising prices are undermining the purchasing power of Japanese familiessince salary increases have difficulty keeping up. The fall of the yen against the dollar and the euro also is taking its toll on Japanese consumers.
Source: TSF
