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Corporate Japan: Small Raises Better than None

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  While Hawaii’s state legislature considers raising the minimum wage during this session, broader salary discussions are going on in Japan. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has put out the word that he wants companies to pay their workers more. And there may be some embarrassment involved for big companies who refuse. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute.

Bill Dorman has been the news director at Hawaiʻi Public Radio since 2011.
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