JAPAN ECONOMY
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Business & Economy
Japan’s unemployment rate falls to 2.6% in March
Tokyo, Apr 30 (EFE).- Japan’s unemployment rate fell three 10ths in March compared to February to stand at 2.6 percent,…
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Business confidence in Japan recovers to pre-pandemic levels
Tokyo, Apr 1 (efe-epa).- Confidence in the Japanese economy registered an upturn in March and recovered to pre-pandemic levels, the…
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Japan’s GDP posts first contraction since 2009 over Covid-19
Tokyo, Feb 15 (efe-epa).- Japan’s gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 4.8 percent year-on-year in 2020 as a result of…
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Japan records current account surplus of $11 billion in December
Tokyo, Feb 8 (efe-epa).- Japan achieved a current account surplus in December of 1.17 trillion yen (about $11 billion), its…
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Japan’s annual unemployment rate rises for first time in 11 years
Tokyo, Jan 29 (efe-epa).- The average annual unemployment rate in Japan rose in 2020 to 2.8 percent, the first increase…
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Japan CPI falls 0.2% in 2020, 1st contraction in 4 years
Tokyo, Jan 22 (efe-epa).- Japan’s consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.2 percent year-on-year in 2020, the first annual contraction of…
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Japan’s central bank improves growth forecast for 2021 fiscal year
Tokyo, Jan 21 (efe-epa).- Japan’s central bank on Thursday improved its growth forecast for the Japanese economy for the next…
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Japan records trade surplus of $6.51 billion in 2020
Tokyo, Jan 21 (efe-epa).- Japan recorded a trade surplus of 674.73 billion yen ($6.51 billion) in 2020, the Japanese government…
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Japan posts current account surplus of $18.03 billion in November
Tokyo, Jan 12 (efe-epa).- Japan recorded a current account surplus of 1.88 trillion yen ($18.03 billion) in November, marking the…
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Health
Japan unemployment falls to 2.9 pct in November
Tokyo, Dec 25 (efe-epa).- The unemployment rate in Japan fell in November to 2.9 percent of the workforce, two tenths…
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