Japanese exports rose 3.9% in March YoY partly due to early effects of US tariffs. As exports disappointed and tariffs headwinds intensified, all eyes have turned to trade talks with the US.

The world's fourth-largest economy also faces the twin threats of a steady decline in marriages and a rising proportion of elderly people. Nearly 30 percent of Japanese citizens are now 65 or older.

Williams driver Carlos Sainz has received a three-place grid penalty for Formula 1's Japanese Grand Prix for impeding Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton in qualifying. Arriving at high speed into Turn 1 for his ...

That's far past inflation, and a more rapid increase in spending than other states. Notably, fourth grade reading scores dropped through the decade, and rank Washington in 18th place nationally.

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — Household consumption spending in Japan fell 0.5% from a year earlier in inflation-adjusted real terms to ¥290,511 on average in February, marking the first drop in three months, ...

Prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against an American man arrested in March for alleged possession of a firearm after bringing a handgun and ammunition in his luggage into Japan and passing ...

TOKYO, April 4 (Xinhua) -- Japan's household spending fell 0.5 percent year ... as people cut back on fresh items amid surging prices. Spending on health care and medicine dropped 7.1 percent, falling ...

(Mainichi) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's household spending in February fell a real ... By category, expenditures on food dropped 4.5 percent, falling for the fifth consecutive month, as people spent ...

Consumer spending fell 0.5% in February from a year earlier, internal affairs ministry data showed, better than the median market forecast for a 1.7% drop but down from January's 0.8% increase. On a ...

Japan’s households cut back on spending as inflation remained elevated, in a sign of vulnerability in a key pocket of the economy before sweeping U.S. tariffs hit the country. Household outlays ...

TOKYO, April 4 (Reuters) - Japanese household spending fell for the first time ... better than the median market forecast for a 1.7% drop but reversing most of January's 0.8% increase.

Credit card spending in the country witnessed a seasonal decline in February 2025, registering a 9 per cent month-on-month (MoM) drop to ₹1,672 billion. This is the lowest registered figure ...