Japan’s economy expanded in the three months through June, the government confirmed in a revised report, as data for private consumption were revised higher. Gross domestic product grew at an ...

Japan's GDP in Q1 2025 was flat, a better performance than the initial 0.2% contraction estimate, though significantly slower than Q4's 0.6% growth. Net trade surprisingly boosted GDP by 0.4 ...

TOKYO, Aug 1 (Reuters) - Japan's economy probably grew marginally in April-June due to resilient consumption and net exports, managing to avoid a technical recession, or two straight quarters of ...

Japan's Q4 GDP growth was revised lower to 0.6% q/q below the flash estimate of 0.7% but higher than an upwardly revised 0.4% expansion in Q3, marking the third consecutive quarter of growth. Private ...

TOKYO—The Japanese economy shrank more than initially estimated last quarter, but that is unlikely to change expectations that the central bank will raise interest rates soon. Revised government data ...

Japan's stock market is hitting new highs due to strong fiscal flows from government spending, current account surplus, and rising bank credit creation. Government spending at over 4% of GDP, a ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy probably expanded in the final three months of 2024 marking a third quarter of consecutive growth, a Reuters poll showed, as strong business investment outweighed ...

Rising tensions with China may shave about 0.2 percentage point off Japan’s gross domestic product growth if tourism and the export of consumer goods to the world’s second-largest economy decline, ...

Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno Reporting ...