Japan's largest labour union group said on Friday it will seek wage hikes of at least 5% in 2025, similar to this year's hefty increase but economists doubt that another such bump is realistic.

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(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a press conference at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (Yuichi Yamazaki/pool ...

using diplomacy and defence to realise the peace of Japan and the region," he said. Ishiba's new cabinet of 19 ministers was announced after the LDP-dominated parliament approved his appointment.