The world-renowned Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo held its final new year auction Tuesday, before the much loved fish and food nirvana will be relocated later in the year.
The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved a record-high military budget on Thursday marking the fourth consecutive year that spending on defense has increased.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet on Thursday approved a record budget for fiscal 2016 which will rely on robust corporate profits and interest payments to tackle the nation's burgeoning welfare costs and mounting public debt.
Japan's electronics giant Sharp announced on Monday that it will sell its two head office buildings in Osaka for a total of 18.8 billion yen (156 million U. S.dollars).
Japan's Toshiba Corp. logged 37.83 billion yen (about 317.7 million U.S. dollars) group net loss for the past fiscal year through March due to asset impairment charges and other losses, local media reported Monday.
Japan's trade deficit shrinks less than expected following weak GDP data
Japan's exports exceeded imports in March for the first time in nearly three years, government data showed Wednesday.
Japan's Cabinet approved a record 96.34 trillion yen government budget for fiscal 2015 beginning in April to accommodate rising spending for social security and defense.
The Japanese government on Saturday approved an emergency economic stimulus package worth about 3.5 trillion yen (about 29.06 billion U.S. dollars) to drive regional economies hit by higher prices due to sales tax hike and the yen's fast retreat.
Japan logged a good trade deficit of 891.9 billion yen (about 7.66 billion U.S. dollars) in November, down 31.5 percent from the previous year, government data showed Wednesday
Former Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yuko Obuchi who stepped down from the Cabinet last month over allegations her support groups misused political funds and filed dodgy reports between 2008 and 2012, still plans to defend her Liberal Democratic Party seat in December's snap election.
Japan's current account surplus for the first half of the fiscal 2014 stood at a record low at 2,023.9 billion yen (about 17.62 billion U.S. dollars) in the period from April to September, the Japanese Finance Ministry said Tuesday.
Japan's central bank sent shock waves through financial markets at the end of last week by ramping up its purchases of government bonds and assets to try and achieve its somewhat arbitrary inflation target and kickstart an acutely obstinate economy.
The U.S. dollar changed hands at the upper 114 yen level early Thursday in Tokyo, remaining at a seven- year high hit overnight in New York on U.S. midterm election results.
Nissan Motor Co. announced Tuesday a 24.9 percent year-on-year rise in its group net profit for the fiscal first half and a 16 percent rise in its net profit in the July to September period, citing robust sales in the United States of its crossover SUV models compensating for lackluster sales here.
South Korea on Wednesday raised its worrying pitch on the prolonged weakness of the Japanese yen, which would dent competitiveness of domestic exporters, but the central bank kept its stance that the effect of further rate cuts to respond to the weak yen would be restricted.
South Korea's currency dropped versus the U.S. dollar Monday to trade at the six month low as the dollar appreciated to major currencies after the release of positive U.S. jobs data.
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