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ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 10, 2023
Tokyo inflation hits 4%, indicating stronger price trend than earlier thought
Consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 4% in the capital in December as processed food and energy costs continued to mount.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 6, 2023
Japan real wages fall most since 2014, keeping BOJ goal distant
Real cash earnings for Japan's workers dropped 3.8% from a year earlier in November, declining for the eighth straight month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2022
Japan's factory output falls for a third month as global demand cools
Industrial production edged down 0.1% from October, dragged lower by falls in output of conveyor belts, cranes and equipment for making chips and flat panel displays.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 23, 2022
Japan’s inflation speeds up, backing expectation of BOJ shift
Consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 3.7% in November from a year ago, accelerating to the fastest pace since 1981.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 22, 2022
Japan revises up growth forecast on higher capital spending and wages
The projections underscore how the country is set to buck a global growth slowdown thanks to robust domestic demand supported by inbound tourism reopening.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 21, 2022
Japan cuts view on factory output, warning of COVID in China and global slowdown
The Cabinet Office kept its assessment on the overall economy unchanged, saying it was 'improving moderately.'
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 15, 2022
Japan’s trade gap continues to outsize forecasts as yen weighs
The country's trade balance has now been in the red for 16 consecutive months, and the country is set to finish the year with a record annual trade deficit.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2022
Japan’s biggest companies diverge on economic outlook
An index of confidence among the country's biggest manufacturers edged down, while the reading for large service sector and construction firms rose.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2022
Japan's wholesale inflation near steady at 9.3% as commodity prices ease
While food and energy costs continued to rise, the data may offer some relief for Japan's economy, which relies almost entirely on imports for fuel and raw material.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 8, 2022
Japan’s smaller contraction masks extent of underlying weakness
Gross domestic product shrank an annualized 0.8% in the three months to the end of September from the previous period, revised figures from the Cabinet Office showed Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 6, 2022
Japan’s households spend more despite falling real wages
Spending in October climbed 1.2% from a year ago, more than the increase forecast by analysts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 5, 2022
Japan's service-sector activity growth hits three-month low: PMI
The final au Jibun Bank Japan Services purchasing managers' index (PMI) fell to a seasonally adjusted 50.3 from October's 53.2, hitting the lowest figure since August.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 1, 2022
Japanese corporate capital expenditure up in third quarter
Spending was up by 9.8% from the same period a year earlier, for a sixth straight quarterly increase.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2022
Japan's October factory output fell on global slowdown and weak chip demand
The feeble business activity highlights challenges for the world's third-largest economy, which has been lagging behind peers in recovering from the pandemic.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 29, 2022
Japan’s job market remains tight, keeping pressure on wages
The number of people with jobs increased by around half a million compared to the year before, led by gains in the hospitality and medical sectors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 29, 2022
Japan retail sales up for eighth month on tourism reopening
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in October was almost 500,000, more than twice as many as in September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 25, 2022
Fueled by weak yen, Tokyo inflation hits fastest pace since 1982
The continued acceleration in core inflation challenges Bank of Japan Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda's view that the current cost-push inflation is only temporary.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 24, 2022
Japan's November factory activity shrinks at quickest pace in two years
Output contracted at the quickest pace in 26 months, falling for the fifth consecutive month, the survey results showed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 18, 2022
Japan inflation hits four-decade high, weighing on BOJ position
Consumer prices excluding fresh food climbed 3.6% in October from a year ago, marking the fastest price growth since 1982.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 17, 2022
Japan’s trade deficit driven wider by weak yen as imports surge
The trade gap grew to u00a52.16 trillion ($15.5 billion) from u00a52.09 trillion, the finance ministry reported Thursday.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.
Anger in Japan after Instagrammer drinks burial site offering
Foreign tourists visit a park near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in August.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Bangladesh is a South Asian time bomb
Many Bangladeshis hoped that the overthrow of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina last year would revitalize the country’s democracy after an authoritarian lurch under the “iron lady.” Instead it has led to proliferating human-rights abuses, intensifying repression and widespread Islamist violence.
Musk voices support for anti-immigration rally in Japan
Elon Musk has voiced support for anti-immigration protest in Japan, where a "Japanese First" party saw gains in recent elections.
Xi — joined by Kim and Putin — delivers stark warning at military parade
Chinese leader Xi Jinping walks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing on Wednesday.
Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia
The latest version of Tamagotchi, called Tamagotchi Paradise, is awarded the best digital toy at Tokyo Toy Show on Aug. 28.
Why Stalin didn’t invade Hokkaido still largely unknown, 80 years after WWII
During a survey to collect the remains of victims from the Taito Maru, one of the vessels involved in the Three Ships Incident, a metal helmet was found near the stern of the vessel on Aug. 5, 1984, at Rumoi Port. No human remains were discovered.
More sweltering days forecast for September after hottest summer on record
By the end of August, 8,341 people had been transported by ambulance for heatstroke in Tokyo alone.
Surrounded by Chinese bases, a tiny Philippine island stands firm
A Philippine Navy sailor looks at a China Coast Guard vessel just off the coast of Pag-asa Island in the disputed South China Sea last month.

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