Wage growth is likely to pick up over coming months as the labour market remains extremely tight. But unusually low job mobility in Japan, which is linked to the widespread use of seniority wages and the lifetime employment model, means that wage gains will continue to fall well short of the rates that could generate 2% inflation.
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