Domestic consumption helped slow the decline, with both government and private consumption rising quarter on quarter. Overall, private demand was the largest drag on GDP on a quarter-on-quarter basis.

Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s resignation announcement on September 7, after less than a year in office, places Japan at a political and economic crossroads. Ishiba stepped down after two ...

About the author: Desmond Lachman is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He was a deputy director in the International Monetary Fund’s Policy Development and Review Department and ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy contracted at a 1.8% annual pace in July-September as President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit exports and private residential investment plunged. Data released by the ...

TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japan's new economic revitalisation minister, Minoru Kiuchi, said on Tuesday a weak yen has benefits to the economy and its demerits could be addressed by swiftly compiling a ...

The Japanese economy shrank 1.8 percent from the same quarter last year as U.S. tariffs dampened automobile exports and prompted a bleak outlook for growth. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...

TOKYO, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The Japanese government revised down its view on public investment but largely kept its overall outlook on the economy intact in a monthly report published on Friday. In its ...

Japan's economy grew 0.1%, both on a quarter-on-quarter and a year-on-year basis. This brought the economy back to growth, but missed expectations. The expansion also helped Japan avoid a technical ...