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India Surpasses Japan To Become World's Fourth Largest Economy, Says Government
India's real GDP grew 8.2% in the second quarter of 2025-26, up from 7.8% in the first quarter
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Japan Inflation Raise Rice Prices By 99% In June, Pressure Mounts On PM
Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.
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Japan Mulls Higher US Rice Imports In Tariff Talks, Yomiuri Says
During trade discussions earlier this week, Washington criticized Japan’s export restrictions and its distribution system for rice, describing them as overly strict and lacking in transparency.
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Trump Speaks To Japan PM Ishiba, Sets ‘Tough But Fair’ Tariff Talks
Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually all US trading partners has sent markets into a tailspin and set foreign leaders racing to persuade the president to lower the charges.
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Japan, China Discuss Economy As US Tariff Pressure Rises
The meeting took place less than two weeks before US President Donald Trump is set to unveil more tariffs on April 2.
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Japan’s Softer Economic Rebound Still Keeps BOJ Hike In Play
Some economists are skeptical about the resilience of consumer demand as households contend with persistent inflation for the first time in a generation.
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Japanese Economy Grows 0.6% in Q4, Out of Recession
The quarterly reading came in below the median forecast of 0.9 per cent growth in a survey by the Nikkei economic daily.
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Japan Back in Recession: What Experts Say
Japan's economy slid back into recession in July-September as uncertainty over the overseas outlook hurt business investment, putting policymakers under growing pressure to deploy new stimulus measures to support a fragile recovery.
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Bank of Japan Holds off Fresh Stimulus, says Economy Recovering
The Bank of Japan on Tuesday held off expanding its vast stimulus program, saying the world's number three economy was recovering despite activity taking a hit from April's sales tax hike.
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Revised Data Show Japan Q2 GDP Shrank More Than Expected
The revised contraction was the biggest since January-March 2009, when the global financial crisis hit Japan's exports and factory output, keeping policymakers under pressure to expand fiscal and monetary stimulus should the economy fail to recover from the disruption of the April tax hike.
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Japan Q1 Growth Fastest in More Than 2 Years Before Tax Hike
The 5.9 per cent annualised expansion in the first quarter handily beat expectations of 4.2 per cent growth in a Reuters poll of economists.
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Japan's 2022 Trade Deficit Hits Record Amid Rising Energy Costs
In 2022, the value of imports was 19.97 trillion yen ($155 billion) higher than exports -- Japan's largest ever deficit. Comparable data has been available since 1979.
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Japan's 2022 Trade Deficit Hits Record Amid Rising Energy Costs
In 2022, the value of imports was 19.97 trillion yen ($155 billion) higher than exports -- Japan's largest ever deficit. Comparable data has been available since 1979.
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Goldman Sachs Says Japan Is Still Holding Back Talented Women
Japan is missing out on what could be a 15 percent boost to the economy, if women worked to their full potential.
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Heavyweights in Abe’s Party Try to Damp Talk of Tax Hike Delay
Japan needs to raise the levy to secure stable funds to sustain a social welfare system over the long term: Taro Aso
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India Surpasses Japan To Become World's Fourth Largest Economy, Says Government
India's real GDP grew 8.2% in the second quarter of 2025-26, up from 7.8% in the first quarter
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Japan Inflation Raise Rice Prices By 99% In June, Pressure Mounts On PM
Rice prices in Japan soared 99.2 percent in June year-on-year, official data showed Friday, piling further pressure on Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba ahead of elections this weekend.
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Japan Mulls Higher US Rice Imports In Tariff Talks, Yomiuri Says
During trade discussions earlier this week, Washington criticized Japan’s export restrictions and its distribution system for rice, describing them as overly strict and lacking in transparency.
-
Trump Speaks To Japan PM Ishiba, Sets ‘Tough But Fair’ Tariff Talks
Trump’s decision to impose sweeping tariffs on virtually all US trading partners has sent markets into a tailspin and set foreign leaders racing to persuade the president to lower the charges.
-
Japan, China Discuss Economy As US Tariff Pressure Rises
The meeting took place less than two weeks before US President Donald Trump is set to unveil more tariffs on April 2.
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Japan’s Softer Economic Rebound Still Keeps BOJ Hike In Play
Some economists are skeptical about the resilience of consumer demand as households contend with persistent inflation for the first time in a generation.
-
Japanese Economy Grows 0.6% in Q4, Out of Recession
The quarterly reading came in below the median forecast of 0.9 per cent growth in a survey by the Nikkei economic daily.
-
Japan Back in Recession: What Experts Say
Japan's economy slid back into recession in July-September as uncertainty over the overseas outlook hurt business investment, putting policymakers under growing pressure to deploy new stimulus measures to support a fragile recovery.
-
Bank of Japan Holds off Fresh Stimulus, says Economy Recovering
The Bank of Japan on Tuesday held off expanding its vast stimulus program, saying the world's number three economy was recovering despite activity taking a hit from April's sales tax hike.
-
Revised Data Show Japan Q2 GDP Shrank More Than Expected
The revised contraction was the biggest since January-March 2009, when the global financial crisis hit Japan's exports and factory output, keeping policymakers under pressure to expand fiscal and monetary stimulus should the economy fail to recover from the disruption of the April tax hike.
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Japan Q1 Growth Fastest in More Than 2 Years Before Tax Hike
The 5.9 per cent annualised expansion in the first quarter handily beat expectations of 4.2 per cent growth in a Reuters poll of economists.
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Japan's 2022 Trade Deficit Hits Record Amid Rising Energy Costs
In 2022, the value of imports was 19.97 trillion yen ($155 billion) higher than exports -- Japan's largest ever deficit. Comparable data has been available since 1979.
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Japan's 2022 Trade Deficit Hits Record Amid Rising Energy Costs
In 2022, the value of imports was 19.97 trillion yen ($155 billion) higher than exports -- Japan's largest ever deficit. Comparable data has been available since 1979.
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Goldman Sachs Says Japan Is Still Holding Back Talented Women
Japan is missing out on what could be a 15 percent boost to the economy, if women worked to their full potential.
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Heavyweights in Abe’s Party Try to Damp Talk of Tax Hike Delay
Japan needs to raise the levy to secure stable funds to sustain a social welfare system over the long term: Taro Aso
