Japan business sentiment hits 2-year low: tankan
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Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers has sunk to a two-year low, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that any rise in interest rates will be delayed to late next year.
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The Bank of Japan said Wednesday the confidence of the nation&#39;s largest manufacturers has fallen for the first time in more than two years.
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TOKYO : Business sentiment in Japan surged to a 13-year high in September, topping market expectations. But the latest Bank of Japan quarterly Tankan
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Tokyo's Nikkei average lost 0.85 percent to a three-week closing low on Thursday as a fall in the dollar further weakened investor confidence in company earnings, driving exporters such as Honda Motor Co. down.
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Japan&#39;s central bank downgraded its assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth.
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Tokyo's Nikkei fell 0.33 percent on  Monday, dropping for a seventh straight day in its longest  losing streak since December 2002, as worries about oil prices  and data showing weaker business sentiment plagued the market.
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Japan's central bank offered a bleaker assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year and a half on Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth as a cause foir concern.
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The Japanese government downgraded its view on the economy slightly on Tuesday, citing weaker exports and output, but it said a recovery was continuing due to steady domestic demand, in terms of both personal consumption and capital spending.  "The economy continues to recover, while some weak movements have been seen recently," the government said in its monthly economic report.
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Japan's Nikkei average closed down 0.79 percent on Friday after the government surprised the market with a downward revision to economic growth figures.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 average is down more than two percent by mid-morning Monday after the dollar&#39;s tumble against the yen hit tech firms and exporters.
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Share prices in Tokyo and Hong Kong fall more than 2% as  anxiety continues over world economic prospects.
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Japanese stock prices plunged to their lowest finish since July 2006, losing ground after jittery trading on Wall Street amid concerns about the U.S. economy and oil.
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Japanese industrial production fails to expand for a second month in a row, official figures show.
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Japanâs most closely watched business sentiment barometer rose to its highest in 13 years in September but the outlook for the coming months dimmed, underscoring concern that the economic recovery is losing steam.
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Japan's main stock index fell Friday to a two-year low as investors worried about upcoming earning reports from U.S. financial groups.
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NEW YORK -- Worries about jobs and the economy flared in September, driving a key barometer of consumer sentiment to its lowest level in nearly two years, a private research group said Tuesday.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's support rates have fallen near lows hit after he suffered an election drubbing in late July, according to a newspaper poll on Tuesday.