Japan

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s primary budget balance is expected to remain in the red in the fiscal year 2025/26 when policymakers had hoped to achieve a surplus, the Cabinet Office …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. The number one focus for investors in Asia on Friday will be the latest Japanese consumer …

By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Europe and Japan this month, where he will coordinate with partners on the use of …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Financial market activity in Asia on Monday will be lighter than usual with U.S. markets closed …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government plans to double budget reserves to 1 trillion yen ($6.9 billion) for earthquake relief in the next fiscal year, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on …

(Reuters) – Foreign investors made hefty investments in Japanese stocks in 2023, buoyed by optimism around corporate governance reforms and a weaker yen against the dollar. Japanese stocks accumulated about …

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s consumer inflation rate likely decelerated in December for a second month in a row to hit the lowest in 1-1/2 years, thanks to …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. South Korea delivers its latest interest rate decision on Thursday with the main focus being policymakers’ …

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Roaring Japanese stocks at 21st century highs shone in an otherwise subdued day for world markets, …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government is considering doubling budget reserves to 1 trillion yen ($6.9 billion) for the new fiscal year starting April to cover the cost of earthquake reconstruction, …

BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China is estimated to have overtaken Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter in 2023, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) said on Tuesday, as BYD, Chery and …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese household spending in November fell 2.9% from a year earlier, down for nine months in a row, government data showed on Tuesday. That was worse than …

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Japan restated the importance for early completion of signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Sri Lanka and creditor nations on debt restructuring, after an …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor said it would restart its Japanese vehicle plants on Monday but, given the impact of the New Year’s Day earthquake, would decide separately about operations …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s December service activity expanded at a faster pace from the previous month thanks to strong demand and a lift in confidence even though the overall growth …

By Chang-Ran Kim TOKYO (Reuters) – From the moment a Japan Airlines passenger jet collided with a smaller plane on a runway in Tokyo on Tuesday, it took crew 18 …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s business-to-business service inflation was steady at 2.3% in November, data showed on Tuesday, suggesting companies were gradually passing on rising labour costs amid prospects for sustained …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s jobless rate was unchanged at 2.5% in November from the previous month, government data showed on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate matched economists’ median forecast …

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Major Japanese auto manufacturers will invest 150 billion baht ($4.34 billion) in Thailand over the next five years, a Thai government spokesperson said on Monday, supporting the …

By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japanese government’s reform push for the country’s $5 trillion asset management industry has sparked a series of action plans from top …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s industrial output in November likely swung back to contraction for the first time in three months, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Friday, dented by …

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investors seem more confident than ever that the U.S. economy is gliding towards the hallowed ‘soft …

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s government on Thursday slightly raised its economic growth projections for this fiscal year from its previous estimates, as external demand is likely to more than offset …