Japan
Japan’s exports to GCC drop by 8% to $11.05b from $12b
TOKYO: While mineral fuels constitute around 76 percent of the total trade between the two sides, crude oils alone constitute...
Japanese exports growth less than expected in September 2015
TOKYO: Japanese exports increased less than expected in September, dogged by weaker demand in China and other Asian economies. Merchandise...
Japan’s trade deficit to hit $95bn in Sept
TOKYO: Japan's trade deficit in September was a worse than forecast 114.48 trillion yen ($95 billion) as exports slowed, especially...
Japan to lift fishery, vegetable tariffs under TPP deal
TOKYO: The government of Japan said it will lift tariffs on all vegetables and most fishery products under the recently...
Japan’s economy expected to slow sharply in Q3
TOKYO: Japan's economy is expected to have slowed sharply in the third quarter as demand across Asia ebbed, keeping the...
Japan’s plywood imports fall 13% in August 2015
TOKYO: Japan’s August plywood imports were down 13% from a month earlier continuing the downward trend that began in April...
Japanese Customs officials seizes marijuana in APO box
TOKYO: Smugglers have been using Yokota Air Base, the headquarters of U.S. troops in western Tokyo, to mail pot into...
Kitoku Shinryo produces more varieties of Japanese rice in Vietnam
HANOI: Major food wholesaler Kitoku Shinryo will produce more varieties of Japanese rice in Vietnam starting in 2016 to try...
Japanese ports international container trade set to shrink in 2015
TOKYO: Japanese ports' international container trade is set to shrink further this year, according to Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting...
Govt urges business to boost capital investment to lift Japanese economy
TOKYO: The government urged business leaders Friday to boost capital investment to lift the Japanese economy as it faces the...
Japan’s exports expected to rise modestly in Sep
TOKYO: Japan's exports were expected to rise only modestly in September, a Reuters poll found, a sign that stagnant Asian...
Japan approves 1,841 defense equipment exports for fiscal 2014
TOKYO: Japan approved 1,841 defense equipment exports for fiscal 2014 under new principles and guidelines on arms exports, according to...
Japan to launch textile imports from Pakistan
TOKYO: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has announced that it will launch a new programme to step up imports...
Japanese IT firms want to strengthen co-operation with Vietnam
HCM CITY: Japanese information technology firms want to strengthen co-operation with their Vietnamese counterparts, especially to develop applications for social...
JICA says to launch new plan to step up imports of Pakistan’s textile products
TOKYO: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has announced that it will launch a new programme to step up imports...
Japan seeks to buy 116,782 tons of food wheat from US
TOKYO: Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 116,782 tonnes of food quality wheat from the...
Japanese air cargo volumes expected to drop 6.4% from 2015 to 1MT
TOKYO: Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting Inc., a subsidiary of Japan’s largest international freight forwarder Nippon Express Co., predicts Japan’s...
Beer shipments in Japan rise 0.3% in July-September 2015
TOKYO: Beer shipments in Japan rose 0.3 percent in the July-September period from a year earlier, marking the first rise...
Dollar sinks to levels around ¥119.70 in Tokyo trading
TOKYO: The dollar sank to levels around ¥119.70 in Tokyo trading on Tuesday, dragged down by sales reflecting stock price...
Japan’s naphtha imports for petrochemical sector rise 18% in Sep
TOKYO: Japan's naphtha imports for the petrochemical sector rose 18 percent in September from the same month a year earlier,...
