Japan September real wages rise for first time in nine months - government

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's inflation-adjusted real wages rose in September for the first time in nine months, government data showed, offering a glimmer of hope for a recovery in consumer spending - although an Oct. 1 sales tax hike and global slowdown cloud the outlook.The data could support the view of the government and the central bank that a tight labour market should push up wages, stoking a virtuous cycle of household income gains and pick-up in private consumption, which will in turn..