Business
Economy
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Japan’s Trade Deficit Halves in January
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan logged a customs-cleared trade deficit of ¥1,758.3 billion in January, wh...
February 21, 2024
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Japan Core Machinery Orders Up 2.7% in December
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s seasonally adjusted core machinery orders in December 2023 rose 2.7% fr...
February 19, 2024
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Japan’s Growth Stunted by Lack of Investment; Economy May Fall Behind India in 2026
Since the bursting of the bubble economy Japan has failed to invest in growth, and now the country’s...
February 17, 2024
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Drop in Domestic Demand Impacted Japan’s GDP Report; Some Expect Jan.-March Quarter to be Negative Again
Amid waves of price hikes and inflation, people have been forced to tighten their purse strings even...
February 17, 2024
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Japan Drops to 4th Largest Economy Last Year in Terms of Nominal GDP, Unseated by Germany (Update 1)
Japan drops to 4th largest economy last year in terms of nominal gross domestic product, unseated by...
February 15, 2024
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Combined Sales of Beer, Quasi Beer Rise 6% in January
Combined sales of beer and quasi beer in Japan rose 6% in January compared to a year earlier, four m...
February 13, 2024
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Japan Producer Prices Up 0.2％ in Jan.
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Producer prices in Japan edged up 0.2 pct from a year earlier in January, up for ...
February 13, 2024
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Major Japanese Firms Post Higher Earnings in April-Dec.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Many publicly traded Japanese companies have reported robust earnings for the n...
February 11, 2024
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BOJ Lays Groundwork For Change in Monetary Easing Policy; Deputy Gov. Uchida Offers Reassuring Clues in Speech
The Bank of Japan is laying the groundwork for a change in its large-scale monetary easing policy. B...
February 10, 2024
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‘All-country’ Stock Mutual Funds Popular with NISA Investors
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Brokerage firms in Japan are being flooded with more buy orders than before fo...
February 9, 2024
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Current Account Surplus Doubles in ’23
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s current account surplus surged 92.5% in 2023 from the previous year, a...
February 9, 2024
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Pressure Mounting for Wage Increases in Shunto Negotiations; Fears about the Response of Struggling SMEs
With Japan’s real wages plummeting for the second year in a row, pressure is mounting for wage incre...
February 8, 2024
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Shippers to be Required to Make Plans to Reduce Cargo Waiting Time to Address Logistics Industry’s ‘2024 Problem’
The government plans to revise two logistics-related laws in a bid to address the so-called 2024 log...
February 7, 2024
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Japan Real Wages Fall at Steepest Pace in 9 Years in 2023
Tokyo (Jiji Press)—Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wage index fell 2.5 pct in 2023 from the previous...
February 6, 2024
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Business, Labor Leaders Reaffirm Vow to Raise Wages in Shunto Talks
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Business leader Masakazu Tokura and labor leader Tomoko Yoshino Thursday reiter...
February 1, 2024
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