Asia's factory activity weakened in March despite China's rebound. Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Vietnam saw shrinkage. China's...

An expected end to government subsidies to curb fuel bills will likely bump up Japan's inflation rate later this year, analysts say, compli...

Japan, once poised to become the world's largest economy, fell to fourth place behind Germany last year, according to official data release...

Japan fell into recession due to declining consumer spending caused by pay cuts in the services sector. Weak yen currency increased the cos...

Around 33.4% of women born in 2005 in Japan may never have children, according to the National Institute of Population and Social Security ...

Soaring inflation has forced U.S. and European central banks to embark on interest rate hikes, stoking fears of a sharp downturn in global ...

"The retail sales data is better than expectations, and I think the economy is on track for a recovery," said Linus Yip, chief strategist a...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, meeting U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday, pledged to "substantially increase" Japan's defence budget.

Under the plan, households with be entitled to receive 100,000 yen per child regardless of household income around spring next year, the pa...

China's factory activity expanded at the fastest pace this year in May on solid demand at home and overseas, though sharp rises in input pr...

Japan also saw factory activity slip back into contraction as a new state of emergency, rolled out in January, hit operating conditions, PM...

The official declaration of the state of emergency would likely come as soon as Tuesday, Shinzo Abe told reporters, as the country grapples...

The size of Japan's forgotten money is equivalent to more than a quarter of the size of its economy.

The Nikkei share average ended 1.1 per cent higher at 23,672.52

Union bank looks to shore up capital to be ready for an acquisition if the government decides to merge small public sector banks with itsel...

Factory output slid 4% in September from the previous month, the trade ministry said in a report in Tokyo today, the first decline since th...

Japan was hit by more bad economic news on Wednesday as rising energy costs shaved the current account surplus and wholesale prices grew at...