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On October 9 the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) Personnel Commission recommended to Governor Shintaro Ishihara and Ryo Tanaka, President of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, that metropolitan government employee salaries be reduced by an average of 0.35% in order to close wage disparities with the private sector. Seasonal bonuses will also be uniformly cut by 0.35 months, for a total average annual salary reduction of 176,000 yen per employee. This is the largest reduction on record since recommendations began back in 1951.
Photo: Governor Ishihara receives the recommendation from Personnel Commission Chair Kozo Uchida