The ruling Democratic Party of Japan and the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party and New Komeito have finally agreed on a plan to cut the salaries of national governmental employees by more than 8 percent.
According to the agreement reached at a working-level meeting Wednesday, the salaries of national public servants will be cut first by an average of 0.23 percent starting in March as proposed by the National Personnel Authority.
Their salaries will then be reduced by an average of 7.8 percent for two years from fiscal 2012, which starts in April. In total, the salaries will be cut by 8.03 percent on average. (Yomiuri)
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