The nation's trade balance returned to surplus in August as exports rose 18 percent year on year boosted by brisk shipments of automobiles and electronic parts, the government said Wednesday. The world's third-largest economy logged a surplus of ¥113.6 billion ($1.0 billion), returning to the ...
Sales nationwide of new imported foreign-brand cars, trucks and buses rose 5.5 percent in August from a year before to 20,878 units, with 10 makers recording their highest sales for the reporting month, an industry body said Wednesday. The 10 include Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi and ...
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Ken Saito has called on Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to abolish the Chinese region's import ban on food from five prefectures in eastern Japan. "I asked the Hong Kong leader to scrap the ban based on scientific grounds," ...
A conservation group concluded that operators of e-commerce websites are not doing enough to crack down on illegal sales of items made from elephant tusks.
Sales of new imported foreign-brand vehicles in Japan dropped 3.8 percent in July from a year before, marking the first fall in 16 months, due partly to soft sales of Volkswagen cars, an industry body said Friday. Sales of cars, trucks and buses made by ...
Japan is likely to impose an emergency tariff on frozen beef from the United States — starting next month — in response to a spike in imports, a government source said. The measure, designed to protect domestic farmers from sudden increases in imports, would remain ...
Taiwan has decided in principle to lift a ban since 2001 on beef imported from Japan, action taken following the discovery there of cattle with mad cow disease, the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement posted Monday on its website. The statement also ...
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.
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 posts its first trade surplus since 2011 after low oil prices help reduce the value of its imports.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Wednesday the blocking of imports from 21 Brazilian processing plants involved in a high-profile bribery and tainted-meat scandal will not affect supplies in Japan.
