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Minimum Wage By law each prefecture sets a minimum wage. Employers who disregard this and employ workers for less than the minimum wage will be penalised. The minimum wage is revised every year. [Minimum Hourly Wage in Iwate] 606 yen (as of Oct 1, 2006)