{
  "id": 15724941,
  "title": "All Japan Prefectures Recommend Pay Raises for Employees",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/all-japan-prefectures-recommend-pay-raises-for-employees",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-20T08:22:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102000643/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 20 (Jiji Press)--The personnel commissions of Japan's 47 prefectures have recommended higher monthly salaries and bonuses for prefectural government employees for fiscal 2026, a survey showed Tuesday. It marked the fifth consecutive year that all prefectural commissions have made such recommendations. If the hikes are implemented as recommended, the average annual salary will i...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}