JAPAN ECONOMY
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Business & Economy
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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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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Japan’s central bank extends Covid-19 aid program by 6 months
Tokyo, Dec 18 (efe-epa).- The Bank of Japan (BoJ) on Friday extended for six more months a financial assistance program…
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Japan posts trade surplus of $3.54 billion in November
Tokyo, Dec 16 (efe-epa).- Japan recorded a trade surplus of 366.77 billion yen ($3.54 billion) in November, the Japanese government…
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Japan’s business confidence improves in December
Tokyo, Dec 14 (efe-epa).- Confidence in the Japanese economy among the country’s large manufacturing companies improved on a quarterly basis…
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Unemployment in Japan rose to 3.1 percent in October
Tokyo, Dec 1 (efe-epa).- The unemployment rate in Japan stood at 3.1 percent in October, representing an increase of one…
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Japan’s consumer prices record sharpest drop in decade
Tokyo, Nov 20 (efe-epa).- Japan’s consumer price index (CPI) fell by 0.7 percent in October compared to a year ago,…
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