Japan’s government, grasping for ways to rev up a deflating economy on the cheap, is extending a subsidy plan for consumers who trade in their old appliances and television sets for more energy-…

Japan’s central bank further eased monetary policy on Monday in response to a strong yen and growing political pressure to revive a faltering economy.
The move comes as Prime Minister Naoto Kan …

Japan’s industrial production edged up in July due to higher output in the general machinery and chemicals sectors, but the slight rise is unlikely to dispel concerns that gains could stall in t…

Japanese exports rose in July as shipments to Asian nations remained firm, marking the eighth straight month of growth.
Exports climbed 23.5 percent from a year earlier to JPY5.983 trillion (USD71 bil…

Japan relies on exports for growth but the strong yen is making that more difficult. Economic growth in Japan weakened significantly in the last financial quarter, official figures show.
Between April…

It is the "new frontier", says Japan’s trade ministry. Japanese firms have at last noticed that emerging markets are growing much faster than rich ones. And though they were late to th…

Rakuten, Japan’s biggest online retailer by sales has imposed a policy to require employees to speak and correspond with one another in English by 2012.
The company, which has made recent acquis…

Many Japanese firms are in trouble. Their total number has fallen by more than 800,000 over the past 20 years, across many industries. There are one third fewer manufacturing enterprises today than in…