Industrial output rose 4.2% in January from the previous month, with production of memory chips and semiconductor equipment climbing, the trade ministry reported Friday.

Supermarket sales rose 1.2% from the previous year with people stocking up on food and other items as they refrained from going out amid the ...

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) together with BOI’s Thai Enterprise Development Division, held the “Thailand-Japan Collaboration JETRO Manufacturing Digital Online Seminar”.

Statement from the Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the US and the High Representative of the European Union: “We, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative...

The economy is showing "weakness in some components" as consumption is slowing under the ongoing state of emergency over the coronavirus pandemic.

The items are taking the place of home appliances, from rice cookers to electric toilet seats, normally favored by Chinese tourists who travel to Japan ...

TOKYO: Japan's economy shrank in 2020 for the first time in more than a decade as it was battered by the coronavirus but the contraction was less than expected and it ended the year on a strong note thanks to a pick-up in exports and huge government support.

The benchmark Nikkei stock average topped 30,000 for the first time in over 30 years in Tokyo trading on Monday, after Japanese gross domestic product ...

Gross domestic product grew an annualized 12.7% from the prior quarter in the three months through December, the Cabinet Office reported Monday.

The world’s third largest economy capped off a terrible year with a sharp rise in activity. Still, analysts say trouble lies ahead.

TOKYO: Exports from the six largest Southeast Asian economies fell by 2.2% in 2020 from a year earlier to a combined $1.35 trillion, a relatively small decline given the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the Japan External Trade Organization (Jetro).

UN Women Kenya Representative Anna Mutavati stressed the importance of gender programming.

The projection also showed that the country's gross domestic product in 2020 shrank a real 5.06% from 2019.

Japan’s second-largest carmaker is now forecasting a net loss of ¥530 billion for the fiscal year through March, narrower than previous expectations of ¥615 billion.

TOKYO: SoftBank Group on Monday said net profit rocketed to $11.1 billion in the third quarter as stock rallies and asset sales helped it solidify its recovery.

The travel balance, which reflects the amount of money foreign visitors spend in Japan versus Japanese spending abroad, saw its first drop since 2015.

The U.S. deficit was down 19.9% from 2019, when Japan was the third-biggest deficit generator for Washington.

BY OLAWALE AYENI, Abuja Captain of Nigeria’s senior female national basketball team, Adaora Elonu said the D’Tigress cannot wait to compete alongside the best countries in basketball at the 2020 Olympic Games billed for Tokyo, Japan. Reacting to the Tuesday draws which pitted the team against world number one, USA, ...

TOKYO: Kirin Holdings Co said Friday it will end its beer partnership with Myanma Economic Holdings Public Co, the main business arm of the Myanmar military, following the coup it staged this week.

Many customers have postponed travel and events due to the novel coronavirus, and it’s unclear when Japan's government will lift its entry ban for foreign ...