Japan economy
IMF endorses Japan's commitment to flexible yen
IMF said Japan's commitment to allow the yen to move flexibly will help the central bank focus on achieving price stability
IMF Projects Japan’s GDP to fall to world’s 5th after India in 2025
Japan’s nominal GDP will be overtaken by India’s and slip from number 4 in the world to number 5 next year, according to projections by IMF
Struggling Japan narrowly avoids technical recession
Gross domestic product inched up 0.1 percent between October and December from the previous three months
Analysis / Japan’s growth stunted by lack of investment; economy may fall behind India in 2026
Japan has failed to invest in growth, and now the country’s nominal GDP has been overtaken by Germany
Analysis / Japan loses a big title, and perhaps its way
Japan ceded the title of world's third largest economy to Germany after unexpectedly slipping into a recession
Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy
Japan slipped below Germany to fourth place, with India projected to leapfrog both later this decade
Inflation in Japan's capital keeps slowing, takes pressure off BOJ
Tokyo is seeing success against inflation as it continues to decline
Toyota Motor to restart vehicle plants in Japan from Monday
Toyota would restart its vehicle plants from Monday, deciding about operations separately on January 15
Japanese firms rush to resume production as earthquake disrupts local economy
Japanese firms are showing their resilience by resuming production four days after a devastating earthquake
IMF endorses Japan's commitment to flexible yen
IMF said Japan's commitment to allow the yen to move flexibly will help the central bank focus on achieving price stability
IMF Projects Japan’s GDP to fall to world’s 5th after India in 2025
Japan’s nominal GDP will be overtaken by India’s and slip from number 4 in the world to number 5 next year, according to projections by IMF
Struggling Japan narrowly avoids technical recession
Gross domestic product inched up 0.1 percent between October and December from the previous three months
Japan’s growth stunted by lack of investment; economy may fall behind India in 2026
Japan has failed to invest in growth, and now the country’s nominal GDP has been overtaken by Germany
Japan loses a big title, and perhaps its way
Japan ceded the title of world's third largest economy to Germany after unexpectedly slipping into a recession
Germany overtakes Japan as third-biggest economy
Japan slipped below Germany to fourth place, with India projected to leapfrog both later this decade
Inflation in Japan's capital keeps slowing, takes pressure off BOJ
Tokyo is seeing success against inflation as it continues to decline
Toyota Motor to restart vehicle plants in Japan from Monday
Toyota would restart its vehicle plants from Monday, deciding about operations separately on January 15
Japanese firms rush to resume production as earthquake disrupts local economy
Japanese firms are showing their resilience by resuming production four days after a devastating earthquake
Tech-savvy Japan now a laggard in E-payments
Japan, a pioneer in mobile “e-wallet” payments in 2004, has, ironically, since become a serious laggard on this front. Less than 20 percent of the payments are cashless, in the country.
