TOKYO (Reuters) – Business confidence among Japan’s big manufacturers worsened for a second straight quarter in the three months to June, a Bank of Japan survey showed, with the outlook clouded by U.S. trade protectionism and rising input costs. It was the fir... More »
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese business sentiment worsened for the first time in two years in the three months to March, a closely watched central bank survey showed on Monday, as rising raw materials and labor costs weigh on an otherwise steady economic recovery.... More »
Confidence at Japanese manufacturers rose in August to its highest level in a decade led by producers of industrial materials, a Reuters poll showed, in a further sign of broadening economic recovery. The Reuters' monthly poll - which tracks the Bank of Japan'... More »
FILE PHOTO – A man works around a metal procession machine at a factory in Urayasu, east of Tokyo October 9, 2014. REUTERS/Issei Kato Japanese big manufacturers’ business confidence improved for a second straight quarter to hit a one-and-a-half year high in Ma... More »
People walk through a street in Tokyo’s Shinjuku district, Japan, September 29, 2016. Picture taken September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai Confidence among big Japanese manufacturers was flat in the three months to September and service-sector sentiment worsen... More »
