Japan
Japan’s exports fall 12.9% in Jan
TOKYO: Japan's exports fell 12.9 percent in January from a year earlier to mark a fourth straight month of declines,...
Japan LNG imports fall 14% in Jan
TOKYO: Japan's liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports fell 14.1 percent in January, its biggest drop in nearly seven years, as...
Japan plans to increase in infrastructure projects in Africa
TOKYO: Japan is planning to increase involvement in infrastructure projects in Africa as it looks to strengthen its foothold in...
Japanese banks keen to expand activity in Iran
TEHRAN: Japanese banks seek to increase activity in Iran, said Katsuyuki Kawai, the special advisor to the prime minister of...
Bank of Japan launches negative interest rates
TOKYO: The Bank of Japan’s negative interest rates came into effect on Tuesday in a radical plan already deemed a...
Japan’s economy shrinks 1.4% in Q4 of 2015
TOKYO: Japan’s economy shrank at an annualised rate of 1.4% in the last quarter of 2015, new figures showed on...
YRC to expand HP tire capacity in Japan
TOKYO: Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to increase capacity for high-performance, larger-rim diameter tires at its plant in Shinshiro by...
Japan’s economy shrinks 0.7% in last 3 months of 2015
TOKYO: After three years of Abenomics and record monetary stimulus from the central bank, the economy still cannot escape a...
Japan announces new N. Korea sanctions after rocket launch
TOKYO: Japan announced fresh sanctions against North Korea on Wednesday for its latest rocket launch, including a total ban on...
Japan’s bank of MUFJ resumes Iran oil transactions
TOKYO: The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), Japan's largest bank, has resumed transactions with Iranian banks, including payments for Iranian...
Internet initiative Japan 9-month profit rises 11.2%
TOKYO: Internet Initiative Japan Inc. reported that its 9-month net income attributable to the company increased 11.2 percent to 2.573...
Japan offers to buy 146,000 tons food wheat via tender
TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 146,000 tonnes of food quality wheat from the...
Toyota stops production at factories in Japan due to steel shortage
TOKYO: Toyota Motor on Monday halted all production at its factories in Japan due to a steel shortage following a...
Japan Nippon Steel may buy Nisshin Steel
TOKYO: Japan's top steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp said on Monday it may buy fourth-ranked rival Nisshin Steel,...
Japan stainless steel scrap imports drop sharply in 2015
TOKYO: According to latest statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), the country’s imports of stainless steel scrap dropped...
Japan’s food exports rise 21.8% in 2015
TOKYO: Japan’s food exports rose 21.8 per cent to a record ¥745.2b in 2015. The increasing popularity of Japanese cuisine...
Japan’s agricultural exports increase 21.8% in 2015
TOKYO: Japan's exports of agricultural, forestry and fishery products increased 21.8 per cent from a year earlier to $6.15 billion...
Japan Post Bank plans to start in-house stock investments in 2016
TOKYO: Japan Post Bank plans to start in-house investments in stocks in the second half of 2016, according to Katsunori...
Japan’s fresh fruit imports lead bananas
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Finance has released official import statistics for 2015, with bananas, pineapples and grapefruit leading fruit imports...
Japan to make world’s biggest floating solar farm
TOKYO: Space-starved Japan is going to launch the world’s biggest floating solar farm. The Japanese electronics multinational Kyocera has begun...
