{
  "id": 705476,
  "title": "Minimum Wage Increase Slows Under Takaichi Government",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/minimum-wage-increase-slows-under-takaichi-government",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T21:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com",
    "slug": "nippon-com",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h02856/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While Japan’s average minimum wage is set to increase by ¥55 per hour, this is a smaller increase than last summer’s ¥63.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}