Okinawa plans to export more used cars, making use of vehicles retired from the prefecture's prospering car rental businesses. According to the prefectural government, the number of automobiles registered for rental in Okinawa reached 30,000 as of March 2016, the largest figure among the 47 ...
Brewery executive Kosuke Kuji brought his best sake to a New York booze showcase 16 years ago hoping to promote high-end sake to a new generation of sophisticated foreign drinkers. They were a little disappointed. It wasn't that sake from his Nanbu-Bijin brewery failed to ...
The International Monetary Fund's latest forecast leaves world economic growth unchanged at 3.5 percent this year and 3.6 percent next year, with upgrades for Japan, China and emerging Asian markets offsetting a downward projection for the United States. In an update Sunday to the IMF's ...
Japan's current account surplus fell 5.9 percent from a year earlier to ¥1.65 trillion ($14.5 billion) in May, logging the first decrease in four months as higher crude oil prices pushed up imports, government data showed Monday. The country posted a current account surplus for ...
Japan unexpectedly slumps back into a trade deficit for the first time in four months.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on Wednesday upgraded its forecast of Japan's economic growth for 2017, citing robust exports mainly to Asia and fiscal stimulus. In its latest Global Economic Outlook report, the OECD said Japan's real gross domestic product will likely rise ...
Economic growth in Japan this year will rise to 1.5 percent, thanks to exports and capital spending related to the 2020 Olympics, the World Bank says.
Japan plans to sign an agreement to promote American liquefied natural gas exports during U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry's visit to Tokyo, which started this week, according to people familiar with the plans. The agreement covers Japan developing markets in Asia to sell LNG sourced ...
Japan posted a trade surplus for the third straight month in April, helped by a further rise in exports including to the United States, according to official data released Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to root out "unfair" trade practices around the world ...
Japan’s economy logs 0.5 percent growth in the first three months of 2017, marking five consecutive quarters of expansion.
The Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry will increase the target for Japan's annual broadcast program exports to ¥50 billion by fiscal 2020, according to informed sources. Exports of Japanese programs, including anime and drama series, have been surging. In fiscal 2015 their value jumped 58.0 ...
Japan posts its first trade surplus since 2011 after low oil prices help reduce the value of its imports.
