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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 16, 2021
China’s economy soars by record a year after pandemic slump
The country's economy steadily picked up pace after an historic contraction in the first quarter of last year, recovering all its lost ground by the end of September.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 20, 2021
RCEP trade deal could boost Japan's GDP by 2.7%, government says
In its first published estimate of the impact of the multilateral pact covering about a third of global trade, the government predicted around 570,000 jobs would be created.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 9, 2021
Japan downgrades fourth-quarter GDP as pandemic hurts domestic demand
The slower growth was mainly due to weaker capital expenditure and public spending, which both expanded less than previously thought in the fourth quarter, even as exports remained solid.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 5, 2021
China sets conservative economic growth target of above 6%
Premier Li Keqiang pledged to spur domestic consumption and innovation as part of a plan to reduce reliance on overseas markets and technology for long-term development.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 2, 2021
Japan firms slash biz investment for the third straight quarter, casting doubt on recovery
Weak capital expenditure is likely to worry policymakers counting on private-sector investment to shake off the health crisis.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 17, 2021
Japan's exports grow at faster pace in January on China demand
Exports in the reporting month rose 6.4% from a year earlier to u00a55.78 trillion, up for the second straight month.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 15, 2021
Japan’s double-digit expansion signals resilience in economy
Gross domestic product grew an annualized 12.7% from the prior quarter in the three months through December, the Cabinet Office reported Monday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Feb 10, 2021
Japan likely grew at 8% rate in October-December on export bounce
The projection also showed that the country's gross domestic product in 2020 shrank a real 5.06% from 2019.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 1, 2021
Vietnam targets growth surge in Communist Party economic blueprint
Having sidestepped the worst of the coronavirus pandemic so far, Vietnam aims to rev up its economy over the next five years, trusting its custom-tooled mix of free trade deals, privatization and tight COVID-19 curbs.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 27, 2021
China overtook U.S. in foreign direct investment, U.N. agency says
China overtook the U.S. as the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2020, a year in which overall global flows cratered by 42% as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a United Nations trade agency said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jan 19, 2021
Digital lead over Japan set to widen as China shrugs off virus
Fears are mounting that Japan will fall further behind the world's second-largest economy — perhaps the only major country to have achieved growth in 2020.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 18, 2021
China becomes only major economy to report growth in 2020
The nation's economy exceeded its pre-pandemic growth rates in the fourth quarter, propelling it to full-year expansion of 2.3%.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 15, 2021
A year after COVID-19 began, China’s economy is beating world
China's enhanced role in a post-pandemic world increases the urgency of debate among the rest of the world about how to engage with Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 11, 2021
Will Japan’s economy improve in 2021?
The Japanese economy is slowly recovering. In the second quarter of 2020, GDP growth rate was a grim -28%. The third quarter showed a recovery of 23%, but there are still many problems.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 7, 2021
Environmental debt risk is bigger than Japan’s GDP
For Moody's Investors Service, environmental considerations are becoming increasingly relevant when assessing credit quality.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 26, 2020
China to leapfrog U.S. as world's biggest economy by 2028, report says
China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting recoveries of the two countries from the COVID-19 pandemic, a think tank said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 9, 2020
Prime Minister Suga makes a $708 billion bet on political survival
The government's fiscal response to the pandemic already dwarfs measures taken after the global financial crisis, as well as the earthquake and tsunami of 2011.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 25, 2020
The post-COVID-19 industrial revitalization
There's still no end in sight for the pandemic crisis, but as Japan's economy averts a worst-case scenario, how to revitalize its industries is becoming a major issue.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 16, 2020
Japanese economy rebounds from record slump as pandemic pain eases
Gross domestic product grew an annualized 21.4% in the three months through September from the previous quarter, expanding at the fastest clip since 1968.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 11, 2020
Japan grew at 18% rate in July-September, economists forecast
It would be the first growth in four quarters and the biggest expansion since the April-June period of 1980, according to Cabinet Office data.

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