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Japan to cut inflation forecasts

The govt projects consumer inflation of 0.4% for the current fiscal year ending in March 2017, down from 1.2% projected in January

Japan lifts evacuation order for areas in Fukushima

Eight municipalities in Fukushima still have areas designated as evacuation zones, classified into three different categories

A brake on profits

Japan's carmakers are passengers in wild FX ride

Japan, US to limit legal protection for base personnel

Two allies are now to spend several months establishing which civilian base workers will continue to receive special legal protection

Japan firms' price expectations slide, keep BOJ under pressure

To growing doubts over its argument that aggressive money printing will accelerate price growth to its 2% goal

Radioactive fallout of Fukushima accident concentrated in 'glassy soot'

The flooding of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 earthquake had caused the release of radioactive material.

Japan exports decline for eighth consecutive month

Overseas shipments declined 11.3 per cent in May from a year earlier

Japan says ageing nuclear reactors can stay on line

Japan shut down dozens of reactors after tsunami on March 11, 2011 triggered meltdowns at the Fukushima

Japan records $388 million trade deficit

Exports skidded 11.3% year-on-year to 5.09 billion yen ($4 billion) in May

Japanese banks on guard after $16 million illegally withdrawn from ATMs

Fake overseas cards were used at convenience store ATMs to illegal withdraw money

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe may face no-confidence motion over tax issue

Abe on Saturday had announced that the tax increase from 8 to 10% should be postponed to October 2019.

Japan may delay raising sales tax

PM Shinzo Abe has said he'll make a decision before an upper-house election on whether to go ahead with a planned increase in the levy next April to 10%

Atomic bombings extremely regrettable: Japanese foreign minister

The action of the US against the two cities ran contrary to the basic understanding of humanitarianism, says Fumio Kishida

Martin Feldstein: Japan's economic quandary

The Japanese economy is a paradoxical mixture of prosperity and failure. And, in a significant way, its prosperity makes its failures difficult to address

Japan to boost workforce by 1 mn in 4 years

The government's aim is to stop the total population from falling below 100 million from the current 127 million

Japan dodges recession

For the financial year through March, nominal GDP rose 2.2 per cent, the largest gain in data in nearly two decades through 1997

Japan to adopt new passport designs

Passports will feature 24 landscapes of Mount Fuji by late 19th century woodblock artist Hokusai.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to delay tax hike over economy fears: Report

The last such rise, in April 2014 - the nation's first in 17 years - was blamed for pushing Japan into recession

Japan lenders seen flagging gloomy year as negative rates depress loan income

Bank of Japan (BOJ) action has increasingly forced lenders to charge less for loans and yet has failed to stimulate demand, so its decision last week not to expand its negative benchmark interest rate policy offers respite for the year ahead

Japan announces $7 billion plan to develop Mekong region

Japan's foreign minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Thailand is part of his regional tour that includes stops in China, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam