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Japan population to shrink by one-third by 2060
February 01, 2012
The Japanese population is expected to shrink by one third in the next half century, a government report says. The Health and Welfare ministry estimates that 40 percent of the population will be of...
BBC
Chinese tourists return to Japan
January 31, 2012
After being scared off by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, Chinese tourists are visiting Japan in record numbers again, generating much-needed business and optimism for the nation's struggling...
China, Japan, Man Made Disaster, retail
Japan's retail sales in fastest rise since Aug 2010
January 30, 2012
Retail sales in Japan rose in December at their fastest pace in more than a year, official figures show, as consumer spending recovers after the earthquake and tsunami in March. Sales rose 2.5...
Business, Japan, Natural Disaster
Japan consumer prices fall, mild deflation to persist
January 28, 2012
Japan's core consumer prices fell for the third consecutive month in the year to December due to weak demand, showing mild deflation is likely to persist this year as energy prices stabilize and...
energy, Europe, food
Japan posts first annual trade deficit in 30 years
January 27, 2012
Japan has announced its first annual trade deficit in more than 30 years, a setback for a country known for its exports including cars and electronics. The deficit came in at JPY2.49 trillion (USD32...
Japan's foreign visitors log sharpest decline ever
January 25, 2012
The number of foreign nationals entering Japan in 2011 dived 24.4 percent from a year earlier to 7.14 million, down 2.31 million, marking the sharpest decline in both rate and number since 1950, when...
Natural Disaster, The Japan Times
Japan Dec business sentiment rises
January 16, 2012
Japan's business confidence among people with jobs sensitive to domestic economic trends improved in December for the first time in two months, due partly to strong sales of winter clothes and...
Japan, Natural Disaster
Will Japan's economy be a bright spot in 2012?
January 03, 2012
Global uncertainty seems to be hurting Japan's economy, which rebounded at a slower pace than expected in the third quarter, data showed last month. But while a number of analysts see a slowdown...
Deflation's grip returns as production, retail sales slide in Japan
December 30, 2011
The rebound from the March earthquake and tsunami sputtered in November as production and retail sales tumbled in Japan, deepening the return to deflation that first took hold a decade ago....
Japan, Natural Disaster, Person Career, retail
Japan Nov exports fall as Asia demand weakens
December 22, 2011
Japan's exports fell at the fastest annual pace in six months in November as a persistently strong yen, Europe's sovereign debt crisis and a slowdown in emerging economies weighed on overseas demand...
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