Economy
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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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Japan Eyes 45 B. Yen in Aid for Optical Semiconductors
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s industry ministry said Tuesday that it will provide up to ¥45.25 billio...
January 31, 2024
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Japan’s Job Availability Ratio Rises for 2nd Straight Year
TOKYO (Jiji Press)—The average ratio of effective job openings to seekers in Japan rose for the seco...
January 30, 2024
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Average Price of New Apartments in Tokyo’s 23 Wards Tops ¥100 million; Prices in Metropolitan Area Sets New Record
The average sale price of newly built apartments in Tokyo’s 23 wards jumped to ¥114.83 million in 20...
January 26, 2024
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