Japan's economy shrank for the first time in a year and at a faster pace than expected, data for the March quarter showed on ...

The decline was steeper than economists’ median forecast of a 0.3% contraction, raising the risk of a technical recession if ...

The government has reported that Japan's economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.7% in the first quarter, as U.S. President ...

The shift in strategy was prompted by the tariff agreement that U.S. announced with the U.K. last Thursday and the U.S.-China truce unveiled Monday. Both deals left a portion of the Trump ...

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation nations, staring down U.S. tariffs, jockeyed for time with U.S. Trade Representative ...

Japan and the United States are making arrangements to hold working-level talks next week to set the stage for another round ...

Bank of Japan board member Toyoaki Nakamura said on Friday the central bank must hold off raising interest rates for the time ...

The first contraction under Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba adds to concerns about the resilience of the economy before tariffs ...

Japan's economy shrank an annualised 0.7% in the first quarter, data showed on Friday, underscoring a fragile recovery now ...

Real gross domestic product (GDP) declined by an annualised 0.7% in the January-March period, compared with a median market ...

The return of inflation also pushed the Bank of Japan to end its policy of negative interest rates in March 2024 and hike ...

Japan's second-largest banking group Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group hit a record 1.18 trillion yen ($8.1 billion) profit for ...