Japan economy

Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Japan next week, where he will hold talks on energy while hunting more opportunities in gaming as he seeks to improve Saudi Arabia's image

Japan economy suffers worse-than-expected contraction of 0.5%

Gross domestic product in the world's number four economy shrank by 0.5 percent against market expectations of a drop of only 0.3 percent

IMF endorses Japan's commitment to flexible yen

IMF said Japan's commitment to allow the yen to move flexibly will help the central bank focus on achieving price stability

IMF Projects Japan’s GDP to fall to world’s 5th after India in 2025

Japan’s nominal GDP will be overtaken by India’s and slip from number 4 in the world to number 5 next year, according to projections by IMF

Struggling Japan narrowly avoids technical recession

Gross domestic product inched up 0.1 percent between October and December from the previous three months

Analysis / Japan’s growth stunted by lack of investment; economy may fall behind India in 2026

Japan has failed to invest in growth, and now the country’s nominal GDP has been overtaken by Germany

Analysis / Japan loses a big title, and perhaps its way

Japan ceded the title of world's third largest economy to Germany after unexpectedly slipping into a recession

Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy

Japan slipped below Germany to fourth place, with India projected to leapfrog both later this decade

Inflation in Japan's capital keeps slowing, takes pressure off BOJ

Tokyo is seeing success against inflation as it continues to decline

May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024

Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits Japan next week, where he will hold talks on energy while hunting more opportunities in gaming as he seeks to improve Saudi Arabia's image

May 16, 2024
May 16, 2024

Japan economy suffers worse-than-expected contraction of 0.5%

Gross domestic product in the world's number four economy shrank by 0.5 percent against market expectations of a drop of only 0.3 percent

May 14, 2024
May 14, 2024

IMF endorses Japan's commitment to flexible yen

IMF said Japan's commitment to allow the yen to move flexibly will help the central bank focus on achieving price stability

May 6, 2024
May 6, 2024

IMF Projects Japan’s GDP to fall to world’s 5th after India in 2025

Japan’s nominal GDP will be overtaken by India’s and slip from number 4 in the world to number 5 next year, according to projections by IMF

March 11, 2024
March 11, 2024

Struggling Japan narrowly avoids technical recession

Gross domestic product inched up 0.1 percent between October and December from the previous three months

February 18, 2024
February 18, 2024

Japan’s growth stunted by lack of investment; economy may fall behind India in 2026

Japan has failed to invest in growth, and now the country’s nominal GDP has been overtaken by Germany

February 17, 2024
February 17, 2024

Japan loses a big title, and perhaps its way

Japan ceded the title of world's third largest economy to Germany after unexpectedly slipping into a recession

February 15, 2024
February 15, 2024

Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy

Japan slipped below Germany to fourth place, with India projected to leapfrog both later this decade

January 9, 2024
January 9, 2024

Inflation in Japan's capital keeps slowing, takes pressure off BOJ

Tokyo is seeing success against inflation as it continues to decline

January 7, 2024
January 7, 2024

Toyota Motor to restart vehicle plants in Japan from Monday

Toyota would restart its vehicle plants from Monday, deciding about operations separately on January 15

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