Topic: Tokyo

Japanese land prices fell at the fastest pace for five years in 2009, as the nation's weak economy struggles with another bout of deflation, official data said Thursday.Costs across the country fell 4.6 percent on average, the land ministry said in its ...

IMF chief: double-dip a risk if stimulus ends to early

TOKYO (Reuters) - Developed countries may slip back into recession if they abandon strategies deployed to battle the global financial crisis too early, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned on Monday.Recovery in private demand and employment are necessary conditions for ...

Japan factory output jumps, momentum in doubt

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output rose for the ninth consecutive month in November, driven by strong exports and domestic subsidies, but swelling inventories and falling wages threaten to end the longest climb in more than 12 years.Demand from the United States ...

Japan's growth revised down

Japan's economy grew at a much slower rate than previously thought in the third quarter, fresh data showed Wednesday, as the country's fragile recovery from recession was hit by a soaring yen.The world's number two economy expanded at an annualised pace of ...

Japan Q3 growth revised down from 4.8 to 1.3 pct

Japan's economy grew at a much slower rate than previously thought in the third quarter, fresh data showed Wednesday, as the country's fragile recovery from recession was hit by a soaring yen.The world's number two economy expanded at an annualised pace of ...

Japan Q3 growth revised down from 4.8 to 1.3pct

Japan's economy grew at a much slower rate than previously thought in the third quarter, fresh data showed Wednesday, as the country's fragile recovery from recession was hit by a soaring yen.The world's number two economy expanded at an annualised pace of ...

Deflation Deja Vu

Just over four years since it clawed its way out of a consumption-sapping cycle of price slides that sucked the vitality out of Asia's biggest economy, Japan is back in deflation, officially at least. The official return to deflation didn't shock most ...

Japan PM support below 60 percent as coalition bickers

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japan's government has fallen below 60 percent for the first time since taking office in September, a survey showed on Monday, as it struggles to craft an economic package and resolve a security feud with Washington.Support for ...

BOJ emergency funds gesture gets government to back off

TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan offered banks more short-term funds after an emergency meeting on Tuesday, relieving government pressure on the central bank to help avert another recession before upper house polls next year.Markets primed for a return to full ...
US President Barack Obama called on Asia to embrace " balanced and sustained" economic growth, to secure a global rebound from the deepest economic crisis in decades. "We must strengthen our economic recovery, and pursue growth that is both balanced and sustained," ...