Japanese stocks again set a record on Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to all-time highs the previous day, European markets also went up ahead of euro zone inflation data. The future for the S&P 500 …
Asia’s factories struggle for growth as Japan falters, China unsteady
Asia’s major manufacturing economies struggled to claw their way out of decline in February with Japan particularly squeezed by a steeper fall in demand while an uneven recovery in China overshadowed …
Japan Misses Kishida’s Deadline for Fighter Jet Export Decision
(Bloomberg) — Japan’s ruling parties have failed to agree to allow … Kishida’s government has yet to introduce tax hikes needed to finance the plans in the longer term.
WRAPUP Asia’s factories struggle for growth as Japan falters, China unsteady
Asia’s major manufacturing economies struggled to claw their way out of decline in February with Japan particularly squeezed by a steeper fall in demand while an uneven recovery in China overshadowed …
Japan’s factory activity contracts most in over three years
The au Jibun Bank’s flash Japan manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell to to 47.2 in February, compared with January’s 48.0 reading.
Japan’s population crisis was years in the making – and relief may be decades away
Each spring, as reliably as the changing of the seasons, Japan releases grim new population data that prompts handwringing in the press and vows by politicians to address the country’s demographic …
South Korea Wants Some of Japan’s Newfound Market Swagger. It Might Get Japan’s Lost Decade Instead.
Japan’s episode was brought on by the collapse of a real estate bubble in the early 1990s. Naturally, China tops the watch-list as a property crisis exacerbates deflation. Germany gets mentioned as a …
Japan Is Back. Is The Defeat of Deflation the Reason?
The Nikkei stock index recorded last week its first new high in 34 years, a fitting tribute to Japan’s re-emergence as a genuinely exciting economy.It also comes amid mounting evidence that Japan has …
Welcome to Japan, Where the Bad News Is the Good News
But not to worry. This is Japan, where all bad news is relative. Take a look around. There are few signs of the societal discord you might expect in a place with trend lines like Japan’s, such as …
India Approves Three Chipmaking Units Worth $15.2 Billion
India on Thursday approved setting up three chipmaking units worth 1.26 trillion rupees ($15.2 billion) from firms including India’s Tata Group and Japan’s Renesas, taking the country a step closer to …