Two years ago, Costco set its minimum hourly pay at 1,500 yen across all of its stores in Japan in a bid to retain workers. That’s high even for Tokyo, where the legal minimum wage is the ...
The antitrust watchdog on March 12 ordered Costco Wholesale Japan Ltd., based in Kisarazu, Chiba Prefecture, to end the practice, saying it violates the subcontractor law. According to the FTC ...