FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a factory at the Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. Picture taken on August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – A measure of business confidence among big Japanese ... More »
FILE PHOTO: People walk in Omotesando shopping district in Tokyo, Japan May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s economic growth was much weaker in the first quarter than initially estimated, the Cabinet Office said, but analysts made light of the d... More »
File photo: A laborer works in a container area at a port in Tokyo, Japan, March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japan’s exports grew the most in more than two years in February, rebounding from a Lunar New Year slowdown in January, as a widening trade surplus wi... More »
Men walk toward the Bank of Japan (BOJ) building in Tokyo, Japan, September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The likelihood of more monetary stimulus in Japan is diminishing, according to a Reuters poll of economists who were largely split on the central bank’s ne... More »
Newly manufactured vehicles await export at a port in Yokohama, Japan, January 16, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Japan’s exports are seen rising for the second straight month in January, supported by a global economic recovery and a soft yen while imports are expec... More »
Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of the Bank of Japan attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the next central bank governor should be someone who would... More »
Factory chimneys are seen at Keihin industrial zone in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo Japan’s factory output rose in November and manufacturers expect to ramp up production in coming months, data showed on W... More »
Heavy machineries are seen next to a subway train at a construction site in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Japan’s October core machinery orders rose for the first time in three months to beat expectations, government data showed – a tentativ... More »
