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Economy
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Japanese government aims to increase fruit exports via Hanshin Port
Aiming to increase exports of fruit, the government is working to promote maritime transport of the ...
April 9, 2022
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Japan’s Nikkei sinks most in a month on Fed, China worries
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei stock index sank to a three-week low on Thursday, as investors fret...
April 7, 2022
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LNG futures trading starts on TOCOM
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Tokyo Commodity Exchange, or TOCOM, started liquefied natural gas futures t...
April 4, 2022
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Prefectures welcome expansion of travel discount program to regional blocks
The government’s tourism support program, a pandemic economy-boosting measure which had been limited...
April 4, 2022
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Survey shows 43% of Japanese firms have suspended operations in Russia
Forty-three percent of Japanese companies have partially or fully suspended their operations in Russ...
April 3, 2022
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Japan business mood sours as Ukraine war, rising fuel price take toll
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese business confidence soured in the first quarter, a quarterly central ban...
April 1, 2022
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Recovery Seen in Major Japan Firms’ Appetite for New Grad Hiring
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A recent Jiji Press survey has indicated a recovery in major Japanese companies...
March 31, 2022
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Japan’s Feb factory output rises for first time in three months
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese factories posted their first rise in output in three months in February ...
March 31, 2022
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As wheat prices soar, Japanese food industry pushes rice flour as alternative
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine causing wheat prices to soar worldwide, the food industry is looki...
March 30, 2022
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Japan Jobless Rate Falls to 2.7 Pct in Feb.
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Japan’s unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage point to 2.7% in February from th...
March 29, 2022
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Japan’s fishing industry buffeted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has cast a long shadow over Japan’s fishing industry with the schedule ...
March 29, 2022
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Raft of price hikes to hit consumers
TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A raft of price hikes for food and daily necessities will hit consumers in Japa...
March 28, 2022
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Fans of Osaka’s flour-based food culture facing price hikes
OSAKA — Eateries that serve dishes representative of Osaka’s flour-based food culture, such as takoy...
March 28, 2022
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Japan holds on to gas interests in Russia’s Sakhalin, wary of China taking them
Even amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Japanese government intends for the time being to mainta...
March 27, 2022
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Japan megabanks suspend dollar transactions with Sberbank
Japan’s three major banking groups have decided to suspend all dollar transactions with Russia’s lar...
March 26, 2022
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