According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s list of regional minimum wages, the fiscal 2026 minimum wage averages 1,177 yen per hour nationwide (weighted average). The new rates take effect prefecture by prefecture between October 1 and December 2.
The new hourly rates and effective dates in the prefectures we serve are as follows.
Ibaraki: 1,136 yen (from October 18)
Saitama: 1,196 yen (from October 1)
Chiba: 1,195 yen (from October 1)
Tokyo: 1,280 yen (from October 1)
Kanagawa: 1,279 yen (from October 1)
Yamanashi: 1,113 yen (from November 1)
Nagano: 1,117 yen (from October 2)
Hiroshima: 1,141 yen (from October 11)
As of October 9, the new rates are already in effect in Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Nagano.
The wages of technical interns must also be at or above the minimum wage. We check technical interns’ revised wages during our audits and guidance visits.
