Japan
Japan tax hike doubt as wages fall again
TOKYO: Fresh economic data from Japan have economic pundits wondering whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can afford to push ahead...
Japan’s NTT Data to buy Dell Systems unit for $3bn
TOKYO: Japan's NTT Data is buying Dell's technology services business for more than $3bn (£2.1bn) as it seeks to expand...
Japanese inflation flat in year to Feb
TOKYO: Japan’s consumer inflation was flat in the year to February as low energy costs and weak consumption put a...
JFE Steel eyes Mexican output of automotive sheet
TOKYO: Japan's JFE Steel will start producing automotive steel sheet in Mexico as early as 2019, aiming to capitalize on...
Japan inflation unchanged at zero in Feb
TOKYO: Japanese consumer inflation stuck at zero in February for the second straight month, marking another blow to Prime Minister...
Japan buys 126,190 tons food wheat via tender
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 126,190 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States, Canada...
Japan’s Softbank invests $250m in WME-IMG
TOKYO: Japan’s Softbank has invested $250 million in WME-IMG, which values the talent and sports agency at $5.5 billion, the...
Japan’s white goods shipments up for 10th straight month
TOKYO: Shipments of white goods in February grew 10.7 percent from a year before to ¥168.4 billion, up for the...
Japan land prices rise 0.1% on demand for tourist premises
TOKYO: Prices of commercial and residential land in Japan rose for the first time in eight years in 2015, with...
Gorgon ships first LNG cargoes to Japan
TOKYO: US energy major Chevron on Monday announced that first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments from the Gorgon project, off...
Japan stainless steel scrap imports rebound in Jan
TOKYO: According to latest statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), the country’s imports of stainless steel scrap rebounded...
Japan’s imports of furniture decrease 2% in 2016
TOKYO: Japan’s imports of bedroom furniture continue to rise, a trend that began in September 2015. Year-on-year, January 2016 imports...
Japan exports drop 4% in Feb
TOKYO: Japan's exports fell 4 percent on-year in February, a larger-than-expected drop, but slowed their decline from January. A poll...
Japan offers to buy 149,550 tons food wheat via tender
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy 149,550 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States, Canada...
Japan’s industrial production increase 3.7% in Jan
TOKYO: Industrial production in Japan rose 3.7 percent in January from the previous month, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and...
Japan’s machinery orders jump 15% in Jan
TOKYO: Japanese core machinery orders jumped 15% in January, the second straight month of increase, the government said Monday, despite...
Japan wants countries to end Fukushima food import embargo
TOKYO: Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan hopes 37 countries will lift their embargo on food imports from...
Japan to import 46,980 tons of feed wheat, barley via tender
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture said it would import 26,230 tonnes of feed-quality wheat, and 20,750 tonnes of barley for...
Japanese iron ore imports fall in Jan
TOKYO: The trade statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance (MoF) for the month of January this year indicates...
Japan’s MOF considers cut inflation linked bond sales
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Finance is considering reducing its issuance of inflation-linked Japanese government bonds in the next fiscal year,...
