Tag: Japan economy

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 05:31 UTC

  A new bout of losses in Asian markets over fears of growth and lower commodities prices

  

  Asian shares have headed sharply lower, following the rout in global equities as fears over growth and lower commodity prices grow. Japanese shares hit an eight-month low as investors awaited the Bank of Japan's Tankan quarterly business confidence survey, due on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, April 28th 2015 - 05:20 UTC

  Fitch cuts Japan's credit rating: high and rising level of government debt

  

  Fitch cut its credit rating for heavily indebted Japan by one notch on Monday, saying it has not done enough to plug a budget gap left by its decision to delay the second stage of a sales tax hike.

• Tuesday, September 9th 2014 - 04:07 UTC

  Japan's economy contracted 1.8% in second quarter; fall blamed on consumer sales tax

  

  Japan's economy shrank 1.8% in the April-to-June period, worse than forecast and raising more questions about the government's economic policy. The official data confirmed that the world's third largest economy suffered its sharpest quarterly contraction since the 2011 earthquake disaster.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2012 - 18:39 UTC

  US and Japan leading economic recovery but still fragile says latest OECD report

  

  The United States and Japan are leading a fragile economic recovery among developed countries that could yet be blown off course if the Euro zone fails to contain its flaring growth crisis, the OECD said on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2011 - 03:05 UTC

  Japanese stocks rebound; central bank injects 326 billion USD in three days

  

  Japanese stocks rebounded Wednesday as concerns over the long-term impact of Friday's earthquake and tsunami on Japan's economy ease.