Japan's economy still solid: PM
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said Tuesday that Japan's economy was continuing a recovery despite recent turmoil in financial markets over fears of a global recession.
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THE Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum was back on track and focused on key issues facing the region, Prime Minister John Howard said today.
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Japan got a double dose of good economic news Friday with the release of healthy industrial production and consumer price figures that underlines continued recovery of the world's second-largest economy.
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Japan's new prime minister names his economic team but is urged to outline plans to maintain Japan's growth.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average was 0.79 percent  higher at midsession on Friday, recovering from an early fall  on weak Japanese GDP data as some operators were relieved the  figure wasn't negative and others said it merely confirmed  their views on the economy.
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Japan's central bank decided Thursday to keep monetary policy unchanged to continue efforts to spur an economic recovery.
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Consumers&#39; assessment of the economy held largely steady this month, according to a university research report released Friday.
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has congratulated Shinzo Abe on his nomination as Japan's prime minister in waiting, saying he hoped they could continue strong bilateral ties.
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Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Saturday said Malaysia favours a steady rise in the value of the ringgit after it rose to its strongest position in nearly a decade against the US dollar.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, says his country will never go to war with China, and that bilateral ties are satisfactory.
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The labor market is holding steady, businesses are rebuilding inventories and the consumer is still spending, all signs pointing to stronger economic growth in the latter part of this year.
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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&#39;s central bank decided Thursday to leave its monetary policy unchanged to keep the country&#39;s economic recovery going.
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Japan's economy has marked its longest economic expansion since World War II, according to a government report released yesterday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Japanese Prime Minister  Junichiro Koizumi told President Bush at a bilateral meeting in  Chile on Saturday that a strong U.S. dollar is important for  the global economy.
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December 18, 2004 ã¡ KAGOSHIMA, Japan â At a press conference here after a summit meeting with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of Japan, President Roh Moo-hyun said that South Korea would not oppose Tokyo taking punitive economic measures against
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Japan&#39;s stock benchmarks gained after a government report showed industrial production rose for the first month in three, prompting optimism economic growth will be sustained.