According to Nikkei's wage trend survey, the wage increase rate in 2018 has rose 0.28 pt from last year to 2.31% keeping high increase rate for 5 consecutive years. The wage increase is expanding to part timers too and have seen increase in hourly wages over the past 3 years particularly in logistics, service industries which cater to foreign travelers to Japan like hotels and cram schools.
Most industries are shorthanded and thus the wage increase but still many companies struggling to hire.
Details in Japanese article;
Nikkei article - 2018 Wage Increase Rate in Japan 2.31%
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