Japan’s consumer sentiment stayed flat in August after improving for three straight months, as the recovery from the impact of the March disaster slowed amid the yen’s appreciation and con…
Japan’s consumer sentiment stayed flat in August after improving for three straight months, as the recovery from the impact of the March disaster slowed amid the yen’s appreciation and con…
Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 0.5 percent in April-June from the previous quarter, revised Cabinet Office data showed on Friday, more than the preliminary figure as capital expendi…
Japanese retail sales rose 0.7 percent in July from a year earlier to mark their second straight month of increases, government data showed on Tuesday, as consumer spending recovers following a large …
Consumer prices in Japan rose unexpectedly in July due to higher energy costs.
Core consumer prices, which do not include the price of food, rose 0.1 percent from the same month last year, official fi…
Recovery in Japan’s exports slowed in July as slackening overseas demand and the yen’s strength weigh just as the economy is about to pull out of a recession triggered by a massive earthqu…
The Japanese yen’s near-record strength despite three government currency-market interventions over the past year is sparking debate over how effective the strategy will be in the future.
Less t…
Japan’s economy contracted at a slower pace than expected in the second quarter as output and exports recovered from the deadly earthquake in March, but a soaring yen and slowing global growth c…
Japan’s government cut its economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year to 0.5 percent from 1.5 percent to reflect the slump in factory output after a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, tsunami a…
Japan will set no financial threshold for Chinese to go to Japan as individual tourists in the next 12 months starting from 1 September.
According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, Chinese applying fo…
Hong Kong’s tourists are slowly reviving their interest in Japan after the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis scared them off, but the strong yen remains a deterrent factor, an officia…