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Japan births fall to new historic low

Japan births fall to new historic low

Births in Japan hit another record low in 2024, falling for the ninth-straight year as young people delay marriage while the elderly population rises, government data showed Thursday.
Japan posts current account surplus of $17.7B in May

Japan posts current account surplus of $17.7B in May

Japan downgrades Q1 GDP on construction data corrections

Japan downgrades Q1 GDP on construction data corrections

Japan government to call for flexible policy amid price uncertainty, draft blueprint shows

Japan government to call for flexible policy amid price uncertainty, draft blueprint shows

Japan's government will highlight the need to work closely with the central bank and guide policy "flexibly" in the wake of soft consumption and uncertainty over the inflation outlook, a draft of its annual economic blueprint seen by Reuters showed.
June 9, 2024 | 06:42 pm PT
Bank of Japan ends negative rates, quits era of radical policy

Bank of Japan ends negative rates, quits era of radical policy

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox policy on Tuesday, making a historic shift away from a focus of reflating growth with decades of massive monetary stimulus.
March 19, 2024 | 12:52 am PT
Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy: official data

Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy: official data

Japan's economy grew 1.9% last year but was still overtaken by Germany as the world's third-biggest economy primarily due to a sharp fall in the yen, official data showed Thursday.
February 14, 2024 | 04:54 pm PT
Sliding output, orders hit Japan's factory activity in September

Sliding output, orders hit Japan's factory activity in September

Japan's manufacturing activity grew at its slowest pace since the start of last year in September as a slide in output and new orders intensified due to weakening demand from China, the United States and other trading partners.
October 2, 2022 | 06:29 pm PT
Japan's factory activity expands at slowest pace in 20 months

Japan's factory activity expands at slowest pace in 20 months

Japan's factory activity growth hit a 20-month low in September, as firms struggled with a global slowdown and pressure from high energy and raw material prices that was exacerbated by a weak yen.
September 25, 2022 | 06:28 pm PT
Japan's economy rebounds on solid consumption, Omicron clouds outlook

Japan's economy rebounds on solid consumption, Omicron clouds outlook

Japan's economy rebounded in the final three months of 2021 as falling coronavirus cases helped prop up consumption, though rising raw material costs and a spike in new Omicron variant infections cloud the outlook.
February 14, 2022 | 05:48 pm PT
Japan economy shrinks after two years of growth

Japan economy shrinks after two years of growth

The world's third-largest economy contracted by 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter in the January-March period.
May 15, 2018 | 06:15 pm PT
 
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