Japan's cash earnings record modest increase this year

Total cash earnings of wage earners' in Japan slightly advanced on an annual basis in September signing that the progress of achieving large increases has been slow to end a 15-year deflation in the country, a report published by the Bank of Japan revealed on Thursday. According to the report, summer time bonus payments in 2013 added 0.3% year-on-year after declining 1.4% in 2012, while overtime pay grew 3.5%.