In Japan, the number of part-time workers has hit an all-time high and the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has shifted his attention toward wage equality. Now that temporary workers make up 40% of the country's labor force, Abe wants to ensure that people who perform the same job earn equal wages. This plan has been met with backlash from employers who will now be forced to pay some of its employees more. In addition to this plan, Abe announced that he would delay a planned sales tax increase for 2.5 years.
See "As Abenomics Struggles, Japan PM Pushes 'Equal Pay' to Lift Economy", The New York Times, June 6, 2016