I dati definitivi delle dogane giapponesi relativi all’interscambio del Giappone nel 2013 hanno confermato il trend molto positivo dell'export italiano: nonostante la svalutazione dello yen sull'euro del 27% nel 2013, l'export italiano e' ...

From rooms kitted out like medical clinics where couples can play "doctors and nurses" to grottos where it is permanently Christmas, Japan's "Love Hotels" cater to almost every taste, offering a few hours of reasonably-priced privacy in a crowded country.

Japanese and U.S. trade chiefs will meet Saturday in Washington to seek progress in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks ahead of a ministerial conference slated for later this month, negotiation sources said Thursday. Akira Amari, Japan’s minister in charge of the TPP, will hold talks with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, ...

SoftBank Corp.'s clean energy unit will enter the retail power business this year to sell renewable energy such as solar and wind. The post SoftBank unit to enter clean energy retail business in Japan appeared first on The Japan Times.

Soaring profits among Japanese manufacturers are masking weakness in exports as the yen’s slide against the dollar fails to deliver the boost seen after previous bouts of currency depreciation. Export volumes fell 1.5 percent in 2013 from the previous year, Finance Ministry data show, even following a 12 percent decline ...

When Honda Motor Co. opened the first Japanese auto plant in the United States in 1982, it was dipping a toe into a very chilly ocean, coming as the country reeled from stagflation, the impact of twin oil shocks and a fear that the industrial giants of Tokyo were seizing ...

Imports of fossil fuels and tepid demand in export markets have driven trade balance deep into deficit, sparking debate over effects of Abenomics

  ROMA\ nflash\ - L’Agenzia Ice, in collaborazione con AIRI/NanotecIT, porta per la quinta volta l'industria italiana del settore delle nanotecnologie al Salone “nano tech 2014”, che si terrà a Tokyo dal 29 al 31 gennaio prossimi. La fiera “nano tech 2014 - International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference”, giunta quest’anno alla ...

Japan posted a record trade deficit of ¥11.47 trillion ($112.07 billion) in 2013, up 65.3 percent from the previous year, as the weaker yen and growing demand for energy drove up import costs, dwarfing a sharp expansion in exports, the government said Monday. The previous record deficit was ¥6.94 trillion, ...

Japan's trade deficit swelled to a record $112 billion last year, official data showed Monday, as the country's post-Fukushima energy bills soared, outstripping a rise in shipments overseas.

Japan's trade deficit surged 65 percent in 2013 to a record 11.47 trillion yen ($112 billion), as rising costs for imports outstripped growth in exports, especially for oil.

Investor sentiment toward Japanese equities remains strong, according to the latest Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fund Manager Survey. “Japan is the second most preferred region globally. People are bullish on Japan,” said BofA Merrill Lynch equity strategist Manish Kabra. The level of investors saying they are overweight in Japanese ...

  OSAKA\ nflash\ - Il Consolato Generale d’Italia ad Osaka ha organizzato, insieme con il Dipartimento di italianistica dell'Università, il primo di una serie di incontri tra gli studenti d'italiano e le imprese italiane del Kansai e quelle giapponesi con investimenti in Italia. Il Console Generale Marco Lomabrdi, intervenuto nell'occasione, ha ...

Turkey hopes to beat the EU by finalizing free trade talks with Japan first, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi says

China’s trade with Japan fell 5.1 percent in 2013 to $312.5 billion, down for the second straight year, the General Customs Administration said Friday. The decline was even worse than the 3.9 percent contraction in 2012 and reflected the lingering effects of the Senkaku Islands territorial row. China’s trade with ...

The Detroit automaker, which sold fewer than 4,000 cars in Japan last year, hopes to finally pry open a market that has flummoxed many foreign automakers — and one that it all but abandoned during the global economic crisis.    

The two countries confirmed their cooperation on atomic power as Japan's nuclear industry tries to emerge from the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear crisis

Japan and Turkey agreed Tuesday to begin talks on an economic partnership agreement, part of a drive to build closer ties as they also step up cooperation on nuclear technology.

Japanese consumer prices rose last month, showing that the country's economy continues to recover.

Bank of Japan likely to keep policy steady on Friday