Japan
Japan’s YKIP joins industry coalition to promote LNG bunkering
TOKYO: Japan's Yokohama-Kawasaki International Port Corporation, or YKIP, is the latest company to join SEA\LNG, a multi-sector industry coalition aiming...
Japan’s current account surplus down for 1st time in 4 months
TOKYO: Japan's current account surplus fell 5.9 percent from a year earlier to 1.65 trillion yen ($14.5 billion) in May...
Japan-EU trade deal agreed ‘in principle’
TOKYO: The EU and Japan have announced an agreement in principle on an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), which would boosting...
Japan’s tax revenue undershoots estimate by 2 trillion yen
TOKYO: Japan's fiscal 2016 tax revenue came in around 2.1 trillion yen ($18.5 billion) below the initial forecast, casting doubt...
Japan’s gold smuggling jumps again
TOKYO: Gold smuggling into Japan has jumped again according to local media, with the notorious yakuza crime syndicates now joined...
Revised tax giving Japanese residents ‘access to global markets’
TOKYO: On Saturday, July 1, the revised consumption tax law went into effect throughout Japan, and bitcoin transactions no longer...
Japan’s core consumer prices rise 0.4% on year in May
TOKYO: Japan's core consumer prices rose 0.4 percent from a year earlier in May, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and...
Japan central bank issues rare apology over remark about Hitler
TOKYO: Japan's central bank issued a rare apology on Friday over a board member's praise for Adolf Hitler's economic policies....
Japan government raises economic view, says moderate recovery intact
TOKYO: Japan's government on Thursday raised its overall view of the economy for the first time in six months, reflecting...
Japan’s exports increased in over 2 years with higher shipments of cars and steel
TOKYO: Japan's exports surged in May by the fastest in more than two years on higher shipments of cars and...
Japan urged to adopt 15% VAT rate
TOKYO: Japan should commit to new gradual increases to its consumption tax rate, beyond 10 percent, to help rein in...
Japan blocks more South Korean imports amid cosmetics boom
TOKYO: Japanese customs officers are confiscating a growing number of South Korean imports due to a rise in cosmetics containing...
Japan’s business sentiment weakens in Q2
TOKYO: Japanese large industries’ business sentiment deteriorated in the second quarter, the quarterly survey by the Ministry of Finance and...
Japan to launch auto-piloting ships by 2025
TOKYO: Japan's shipping companies are working with shipbuilders to develop self-navigating ships that could be in service by 2025, Japanese...
3 customs bureaus suspected of asking dealers to cover up asbestos imports
TOKYO: Customs bureaus in Tokyo, Osaka and Kobe allowed the import of asbestos into Japan between 2012 and 2016, with...
Japan offers to buy 159,610 tonnes food wheat via tender
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 159,610 tonnes of food quality wheat from the...
Japan Q1 GDP seen revised up on increased capital expenditure
TOKYO: Japan’s economy was expected to have expanded more quickly in the first quarter than initially estimated, buoyed by gains...
Japan first quarter GDP seen revised up on increased capital expenditure
TOKYO: Japan's economy was expected to have expanded more quickly in the first quarter than initially estimated, buoyed by gains...
Japan reels in largest haul of smuggled gold, 8 arrested
TOKYO: Five Japanese and three Chinese men were arrested Thursday for allegedly smuggling in 206 kilograms of gold by a...
Japan oil sales fall to lowest in at least 28 years for April
TOKYO: Japan's oil sales were 13.92 million kilolitres (2.92 million barrels per day) last month, down 2.3 percent from a...
