TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's factory output fell more than expected while retail sales declined for the first time in over three years in August, government data showed, heightening uncertainties about ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's manufacturing sector expanded in June for the first time in 13 months led by an upswing in output, but overall demand remained weak as new orders shrank yet again amid ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output fell for a second consecutive month in October, as stalling global demand and lingering supply bottlenecks put a lid on Japanese manufacturers' production ...

TOKYO, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output rose for the fifth straight month in October and retail sales in the same month grew the most in over a year, signalling the economy was recovering ...

TOKYO—Japan’s industrial production increased modestly in May, but the rebound is likely to be temporary due to the impact of U.S. tariffs and concerns over a global slowdown. Industrial production ...

The S&P Global Japan Manufacturing PMI was 51.5 in January 2026, stable from the preliminary reading and higher than December’s 50. This indicated the first growth in factory activity since last June, ...

The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI increased to 49.5 in December 2024, from November’s eight-month low of 49.0, above the market forecasts of 49.2, preliminary estimates showed. However, it ...

When I was a kid, my elementary school had a program that let students shadow adults at their job for a day. The idea was to show us what working as, say, an architect was like. “Japanese assembly ...

OSHU, Japan (AP) — Katsunori Suzuki is one of a few craftsmen in Japan still producing cast iron cookware by hand using laborious traditional techniques. The president of the 172-year-old foundry ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s factory output and retail sales likely fell at the fastest pace in years in April as the coronavirus outbreak hurt the world’s third-largest economy, a Reuters poll found on ...