Japan’s current account surplus declined 13% in October from a year earlier to ¥2.46 trillion, partly because the services trade balance slipped into the red, a preliminary Finance Ministry report …
The number of corporate bankruptcies with debts of at least ¥10 million in Japan in August dropped 4.8% from a year earlier to 723, down for the first time in …
Japan’s exports grew for a seventh consecutive month in June, supporting the view that in the second quarter the economy will recover from the preceding three months’ contraction. Exports gained …
TOKYO — As economies in Asia and the Pacific slow and grow older, countries need to do more to ensure that workers get the education, training and social safety nets …
Japan’s inflation-adjusted real wages fell 2.2% from the previous year in fiscal 2023, which ended in March — the sharpest decline since the 2.9% drop in fiscal 2014, when prices …
Oil prices dropped to a near two-month low on receding tensions in the Middle East, a complex interplay of escalating supply levels, demand worries, and challenging economic indicators. The global …
India will overtake Japan in nominal gross domestic product in dollar terms in 2025, according to the International Monetary Fund’s estimates released this month. Japan’s nominal GDP in 2025 is …
Japan’s key gauge of capital spending grew much stronger than expected in February, rebounding sharply from the prior month’s decline in a welcome sign for domestic demand even as the …
The number of corporate bankruptcies with liabilities of at least ¥10 million in fiscal 2023 rose 31.5% from the previous year to 9,053, topping 9,000 for the first time in …
Japan’s corporate spending on plants and equipment jumped in the fourth quarter, suggesting likely positive revisions to data that showed the economy unexpectedly tipping into recession last year. The solid …