(2019/10/01~) Mie Prefecture Minimum Wage

[2019年10月1日~] 三重県 最低賃金が変わります

2019/10/01 Tuesday Announcements

Minimum wage: ¥873/hour

(A ¥27 increase compared to 2018)

Effective date: October 1st, 2019

*This minimum wage applies to everyone working in Mie Prefecture

(Excluding those working in an industry with a designated minimum wage)

For more information contact the Mie Labor Bureau Wage and Hour Division (TEL: 059-226-2108) or the nearest Labor Standards Inspection Office (Japanese language only).

Published by the Mie Labor Bureau:
https://jsite.mhlw.go.jp/mie-roudoukyoku/news_topics/event/29041702/20180302001_00138.html

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Homepage – Kouseiroudou-sho (only in japanese):
“Kanarazu Check, Saitei Chingin (Japan Minimum Wage List)”
https://pc.saiteichingin.info/

The vehicle tax will change in October 2019

2019/10/01 Tuesday Announcements

2019年10月1日から自動車の税が変わります

From October 1, 2019, the vehicle tax, which must be paid by the car owner, and the vehicle purchase tax, which is charged during the purchase of a car, will change.

  1. The vehicle tax amount (divided by type) will change
Cubic Capacity Displacement Amount before the  change Amount after the change
Below 1.000cc ¥29.500 ¥25.000 (- ¥4.500)
1.001cc to 1.500cc ¥34.500 ¥30.500 (- ¥4.000)
1.501cc to 2.000cc ¥39.500 ¥36.000 (- ¥3.500)
2.001cc to 2.500cc ¥45.000 ¥43.500 (- ¥1.500)

* Cars over 2.501cc will be reduced by – ¥ 1,000.

* The tax on cars registered before September 30, 2019 will not be changed!

  1. The vehicle purchase tax (jidousha shutoku-zei) will be changed to “environmental performance discount (kankyo seinou-wari)”

When purchasing a car (including used cars), the tax will be decided according to the energy efficiency.  The more economical the car is, the lower the tax.

  Amount before the change (vehicle puhase tax) New amount(environmental performance discount)
Registered cars 3% 0 to 3%
Light cars (kei jidousha) 2% 0 to 2%

* By way of exception, during the period from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020, the “environmental performance discount (kankyo seinou-wari)” for domestic vehicles will be decreased by 1%.

For more information on vehicle tax (jidousha-zei), click here (Japanese document only).

Contact
Mie-ken Soumu-bu Zeishu Kakuho-ka
TEL: 059-224-2128