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Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy / ANALYSIS
Jul 1, 2019
Abe sticks with plan to raise Japan's consumption tax despite weak tankan results
Analysts say all signs point to the October increase going ahead as planned.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 21, 2019
Business sentiment at Japan's large manufacturers at three-year low, poll finds
Business confidence at big manufacturers in Japan likely worsened to an almost three-year low in the April-June quarter, as the U.S.-China trade war and weakening global demand hurt the export-reliant economy, a Reuters' poll found Friday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 1, 2019
Japan's big manufacturers grew more pessimistic in March: tankan
Business confidence turns sour on slowdowns in overseas economies.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2018
Japan firms' inflation expectations slipped after BOJ policy shift, tankan shows
Companies' expectations for inflation over the next year have receded slightly after the Bank of Japan conceded it will take some time to reach its inflation target, according to the central bank's latest tankan survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2018
Business sentiment among Japan's big manufacturers worsens, latest tankan survey finds
Business sentiment among large manufacturers worsened for the third straight quarter amid concerns over increased trade friction and the impact of natural disasters, according to the Bank of Japan's tankan survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 3, 2018
Bank of Japan expected to cut price forecasts as inflation expectations stall
The Bank of Japan is likely to cut its price growth forecasts at a policy meeting later this month as long-term inflation expectations stall, sources said, highlighting the central bank's difficulty in hitting its elusive price target.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 11, 2017
Japan core machinery orders rise in August for second straight month
Japan's core machinery orders rose for a second straight month in August, handily beating market expectations, signaling a pickup in capital expenditure that should encourage Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ahead of a general election this month.
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2017
Higher wages for higher corporate profits
Japan's economy has expanded for the fifth quarter in a row, but until strong corporate earnings translate into higher wages consumer will remain reluctant to loosen their purse strings.
BUSINESS / Economy
May 24, 2017
Japan manufacturers' mood slips despite economic recovery, survey finds
Confidence among Japanese manufacturers receded in May for the first time in nine months after hitting a decade-high level April, a Reuters survey has found, showing guarded optimism in a nascent export-led economic recovery.
EDITORIALS
May 6, 2017
The labor drag on the economy
The labor shortage brought on by the shrinking and graying population is starting to have a profound impact on companies.
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 3, 2017
BOJ's 'tankan' report shows big manufacturers' sentiment up amid robust exports
Business sentiment improved in March from three months earlier, with a global economic recovery and a weaker yen bolstering exports, a Bank of Japan survey showed Monday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 23, 2016
Amid strong yen, 'tankan' survey predicted to show business mood mixed
Japanese manufacturers' mood improved for the first time in five quarters while service sector confidence worsened to the lowest since 2014, a Reuters poll showed, as the effects of a strong yen filtered through the economy.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 19, 2016
Japan manufacturers' mood at lowest since 2013: poll
Japanese manufacturers' mood soured in August to its lowest since 2013, when the central bank embarked on aggressive monetary easing, a poll has shown, reflecting the pain caused by a rising yen and highlighting the huge task facing policymakers to generate growth.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 1, 2016
Japan business sentiment plunges to lowest in three years, may worsen
Business sentiment at big manufacturers deteriorates to the lowest in nearly three years and is expected to worsen.
BUSINESS
Dec 15, 2015
Tightest job market since 1992 may weigh on Japan bonds
The nation's most severe labor shortage in almost quarter of a century will support the central bank's inflation target and weaken appetite for already low-yielding bonds.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Dec 14, 2015
Latest 'tankan' shows sentiment intact at big firms
Confidence in the economy among large manufacturers unexpectedly held up in the past few months, suggesting record corporate profits are compensating for uncertainty about the effects of an expected U.S. rate increase and the slowdown in China.
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 1, 2015
Business confidence slides in latest Tankan, reflecting fears for economy, Asia slowdown
Business sentiment among large Japanese manufacturers deteriorated in September from three months earlier, the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey showed Thursday.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jul 1, 2015
Tankan shows unexpected improvement in manufacturer confidence
Sentiment among large manufacturers improved for the first time in three quarters in June, a Bank of Japan survey showed Wednesday, in a positive sign that runs counter to indications of a slowing economic recovery.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2015
Companies expect inflation to miss BOJ goal at 1.4%
Companies expect consumer prices to rise 1.4 percent a year from now but remain below the Bank of Japan's inflation target of 2 percent, the central bank said in a survey Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 1, 2015
Business sentiment worse than expected, BOJ 'tankan' shows
The Bank of Japan survey results reflect the “weakness” of the economic rebound, said one economist, and point to the lack of a driving force behind the recovery.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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