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Japan’s economy may face a slowdown if inflation goes up without wage expansion, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned Tuesday, cutting its projections for the country’s economic growth in 2014. The Paris-based club of 34 advanced nations said in its biannual report that the world’s third-biggest economy would ...

India has overtaken Japan to emerge as the third largest economy in purchasing power parity (PPP) terms, after the US and China, latest data released by the World Bank showed.

French luxury goods maker Hermes International said first-quarter revenue rose 10% as demand for its goods in Japan surged ahead of the implementation of a sales-tax increase.

Optimism on Matteo Renzi’s agenda helps boost Italian consumer confidence, while Japan’s March retail sales rise as shoppers rush to beat sales tax

Sales tax hike has caused some volatility in economic data; BOJ maintains view that economy can weather tax hike

Talks could create 12-nation bloc which spans 40% of the world economy

The United States and Japan are edging into a new phase of trade negotiations following the fruitless summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, people with knowledge of talks to create one of the world’s biggest trade pacts said. Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a 12-nation ...

Company becomes latest major firm to run into trouble in the huge market

Cool Japan Fund Inc. will help H2O Retailing Corp. open a department store in Ningbo in China’s Zhejiang province to sell Japanese products, according to the public-private fund. The move, announced Thursday, is part of the fund’s efforts to promote exports of Japanese culture. H2O Retailing and Cool Japan Fund ...

Honda's net profit surged in the January to March quarter as the economic policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a last minute rush to buy cars before a sales tax took effect drove up sales in the long-stagnant Japanese market.

Closing two days of around the clock negotiations, U.S. officials said Friday that they reached a breakthrough with Japan to move forward a stalled regional trade pact even though gaps remain that could still upend a final agreement.

While failing to seal a deal on his ambitious plan to expand trade in the Pacific Rim, President Barack Obama on Thursday said a long-stalled trade pact still can be finalized if Japan opens its markets and accepts more U.S. exports of everything ...

Talks between the United States and Japan on a Pacific Rim trade pact have halted for now without any resolution in sight, spoiling plans for a showcase deal during President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo.

Global shares were mixed with European shares getting an early boost Thursday, but stocks in Tokyo slipped after talks between Japan's prime minister and visiting President Barack Obama failed to finalize a trade agreement.

As President Obama goes to Tokyo for a two-day summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, their aides try to reach a compromise on tariffs for beef and other products.WASHINGTON — After more than four years and 20 rounds of negotiations, the world's biggest free-trade deal in a generation has come ...

President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will tackle a number of issues during Obama’s state visit to Japan, but one issue rises above the rest: whether the two countries can resolve enough of their economic differences to help unlock a broader trade deal across the entire Asia-Pacific region. ...

Japanese and U.S. negotiators have not managed to reach a basic agreement on a free trade pact that might have served as a centerpiece for President Barack Obama's visit to Tokyo this week.

Exports rose 1.8% in Mar from year-ago period, slowest since Mar 2013

JAPAN’S trade deficit surged nearly 70 per cent to a record ¥13.75 trillion ($143 billion) in the last fiscal year.

Gap between value of exports and imports grew by more than two-thirds in the 12 months through March to $134bn, according to data

Japan’s trade deficit quadrupled from a year earlier to ¥13.75 trillion — its largest to date — data showed Monday, with a weak yen compounding surging imports as consumers rushed to buy goods ahead of the sales tax rise. The nation imported ¥1.45 trillion worth of goods more than it ...