> Without the wage raise, this series of events has made the average Japanese citizen effectively poorer - and obviously people aren't too happy about it. and

> Without the wage raise, this series of events has made the average Japanese citizen effectively poorer - and obviously people aren't too happy about it. and to top it off, the govt wants to raise taxes... again. they already raised sales tax to 10% from 5% previously and it hasn't gone over well afaik