Japan’s exports in May dropped 10.3 percent from a year earlier, hit by massive production losses in the auto sector following the earthquake and tsunami disasters, the government said on Monday…
Japan’s exports in May dropped 10.3 percent from a year earlier, hit by massive production losses in the auto sector following the earthquake and tsunami disasters, the government said on Monday…
Foreign arrivals to Japan in May plunged by half from a year earlier, a third straight monthly drop following the quake, tsunami and nuclear disasters of March.
The number of visitors was estimated at…
The Bank of Japan has unveiled a JPY500 billion (USD6.2b) credit line to help small businesses in the country.
The country’s banks will able to use this facility to extend loans to smaller firms…
Big Japanese manufacturers grew more pessimistic about business conditions in the three months to June compared with the previous quarter, a survey showed on Tuesday, as the March earthquake and tsuna…
Japan’s economy contracted by slightly less than first estimated in the January-March period, data showed on Thursday, after the impact of a devastating earthquake and tsunami pushed it into rec…
Japanese government outlined its social security reform plan on Thursday, proposing doubling the consumption tax to 10 percent in stages by fiscal 2015 to finance Japan’s swelling welfare costs …
The number of Hongkongers travelling to Japan – one of the city’s favourite holiday destinations – dropped nearly 90 percent a month after the earthquake and tsunami, Japan…
Japan’s consumer prices in April rose for the first time in more than two years on a temporary spike in energy and tobacco prices, the government said on Friday.
Japan’s core consumer pric…
Japanese exports tumbled in April from a year earlier as expected, dragged down by a slump in carmakers’ output after the earthquake in March, but analysts see the first signs that the economy i…
Japan’s trade balance dipped JPY700 billion (USD8.5b) into the red in April, the largest deficit since the financial crisis, according to the median estimate of research institutions polled by a…