なぜ日本の給料は30年間上がらなかったのか

Why aren't wages rising in Japan? Average salaries have remained almost flat for 30 years, while corporate retained earnings have reached 636 trillion yen. Rising prices are putting pressure on real wages and purchasing power. This video analyzes the wage stagnation in the Japanese economy not as a lack of individual effort, but as a structural issue encompassing lifetime employment, seniority-based wages, the expansion of non-regular employment, deflation and consumer demand for "cheap" products, and corporations' emphasis on cash. Why have Japanese companies accumulated retained earnings instead of using profits for wage increases? Why has the dual employment structure suppressed even the wages of regular employees? Furthermore, have inflation due to the weak yen and rising resource prices, along with labor shortages and wage increases from the spring wage negotiations after 2024, truly begun to change Japan's business model and labor market? We will examine the mechanisms of the "lost 30 years" as seen through pay stubs, and consider our current position in 2026, including the disparity between large and small businesses, price pass-through, non-regular employment, housing prices, and the impact on marriage and the declining birthrate. Has your salary increased in the last 10 years? Please share the reasons why it increased or didn't increase in the comments. Timestamp: 00:00 Introduction: Why haven't wages risen for 30 years? 03:21 Three structures that have caused wage stagnation 04:34 The implicit contract of lifetime employment and seniority-based wages 07:32 The collapse of the bubble economy and the job-hunting ice age 09:08 The dual structure of non-regular employment and wages 11:37 Where did the 636 trillion yen in retained earnings go? 13:43 The cycle of deflation and "cheap is good" 15:51 The wage system collapsed due to the weak yen and rising prices 18:53 Are wage increases after 2024 real? 21:09 Labor market prices returning due to labor shortages 22:47 Future choices to consider from pay slips #JapaneseEconomy #WageIncrease #StagnantWages #RealWages #CorporateAnalysis #RetainedEarnings #Lost30Years #NonRegularEmployment #Deflation #SpringWageWageOffensive