Last Updated: Monday, December 8, 2014, 09:10
The economy contracted 0.5 percent quarter-on-quarter, worse than the 0.4 percent shrinkage estimated in initial data released three weeks ago.
Last Updated: Friday, December 5, 2014, 09:15
Japanese stocks remained near 7-1/2 year highs on Friday as optimism on the U.S. economy helped investors shrug off a delay to hoped-for eurozone easing.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 08:21
Tokyo eased 0.10 percent as the yen edged up against the dollar, while analysts said dealers were unfazed by a decision by Moody`s to downgrade Japan`s credit rating.
Last Updated: Saturday, December 28, 2013, 20:03
China`s State Councillor Yang Jiechi said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s visit to the Yasukuni shrine was a mistake that must be corrected.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 11:00
The lion's share of the extra revenue is ear-marked for spending on snow-balling medical fees and other social welfare costs.
Last Updated: Wednesday, December 4, 2013, 13:48
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is readying a USD 182 billion package this week in his latest bid to pull the economy out of deflation and bolster it ahead of the tax hike next April.
Last Updated: Friday, November 29, 2013, 09:20
Japan`s war on deflation got a boost last month with a key inflation indicator rising at its fastest pace in 15 years, new data showed Friday, as Tokyo battles to reverse years of falling prices.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 21, 2013, 12:10
The Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy on Thursday and reiterated the economy is recovering moderately, in a nod to signs of a pick-up in exports that is key to sustaining the momentum generated by premier Shinzo Abe`s stimulus.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 11:02
Japan`s trade deficit nearly doubled on-year to a bigger-than-expected USD 10.9 billion in October as the country`s energy bill soared, government data showed Wednesday.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 09:03
Japanese factories boosted output in September, data showed Wednesday, reversing a slide the previous month and supplying more evidence that the world`s third-largest economy is gathering steam.
Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 13:19
Deflation-plagued Japan`s core consumer prices rose year-on-year for the fourth consecutive month in September on higher energy costs, government data showed Friday.
Last Updated: Monday, October 21, 2013, 09:19
Japan's trade deficit in September surged 64.1 percent from a year earlier, extending its string of shortfalls to a record 15th consecutive month.
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