TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese workers saw real wages fall for the eighth straight month in August, with a double-digit decrease in one-off compensations on top of relentless inflation outpacing nominal pay growth, government data showed on Wednesday.

Inflation-adjusted real wages, a key barometer of Japanese households’ purchasing power, fell 1.4% in August from a year earlier, according to labour ministry data.

That was the fastest decrease in real pay in three months and followed a 0.2% drop in July, which was a result of a downward revision from what initially appeared to be its first rise since December 2024.

Consumer inflation has been at or above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target for more than three years, but in recent months it has been decelerating, complicating the central bank’s rate

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