Japan’s retail sales rose more-than-expected in January driven up by a surge in car sales as government subsidies on energy efficient cars boosted demand.
Retail sales rose 1.9 percent from a ye…
Japan’s retail sales rose more-than-expected in January driven up by a surge in car sales as government subsidies on energy efficient cars boosted demand.
Retail sales rose 1.9 percent from a ye…
South Korea said on Sunday it would curb lending by non-banking companies including insurers, expanding its fight to contain household debt before a debt crisis cripples Asia’s fourth largest ec…
South Korea’s household income growth hit the highest in six quarters in the last quarter of 2011 and consumer sentiment improved in February, a relief for an economy hit with weakening exports.…
Japan logged a record trade deficit in January, government data showed on Monday, the clearest evidence to date of pain from a firm yen, a global slowdown and rising fuel imports needed to offset decl…
Japan’s economy shrank a bigger-than-expected 0.6 percent in October-December, hurt by slowing global growth, Thai floods and a strong yen, casting doubt about expectations that growth will resu…
Consumer confidence is rising in Japan, with shoppers also now more willing to make big-ticket purchases despite the challenges facing the nation’s economy, a study has found.
The Cabinet Office…
South Korean exports fell 6.6 percent in January from a year earlier, compared with the median forecast for a small rise in a Reuters poll and weaker than the worst forecast, as the euro zone crisis h…
The Japanese population is expected to shrink by one third in the next half century, a government report says.
The Health and Welfare ministry estimates that 40 percent of the population will be of re…
After being scared off by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Chinese tourists are visiting Japan in record numbers again, generating much-needed business and optimism for the nation’s strug…
Retail sales in Japan rose in December at their fastest pace in more than a year, official figures show, as consumer spending recovers after the earthquake and tsunami in March.
Sales rose 2.5 percent…