Big Producers in Japan Are Less Confident
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Confidence at Japan&#39;s largest companies fell in the last quarter from a recent peak, but executives nonetheless said they planned to sharply increase capital investment in the
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Japanese homemakers who moonlight as currency speculators have been hit hard by turmoil in the markets.
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TOKYO: The Bank of Japan downgraded its assessment of production in a monthly report yesterday, saying there were some weak movements in output due to inventory adjustments in information technology-related sectors.
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A Bank of Japan policy maker tried to soothe investors' nerves on Thursday, saying some market moves had been overdone, amid a new bout of tightness in short-term credit markets due to banks' growing risk aversion.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 share average in morning trade retreated further from last week&#39;s seven-year closing high, beleaguered by a sense that Japanese stocks may be overvalued compared with those of other large share markets.
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When Hollywood wants to remake a Japanese movie, the go-to guy has become Japanese producer Taka Ichise. But don't go crowning him the redo king just yet because it's a title he's not eager to accept.
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Forecasts for the U.S. auto market are  downsizing as consumers reel but Japanese carmakers are  confident of another year of record sales in their most  important market in 2008, buoyed by strong fuel efficiency
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Quite a few production houses are venturing into this new industry.
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A survey shows Japanese companies at their most optimistic in more than two years.
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APART from the decision to relax the 1976 military exports embargo, Japan&#39;s National Defence Program Outline is not a revolutionary document.
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The discount giant's Japanese unit continues to struggle.
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Business confidence at large manufacturers in Japan hit a new 13-year high in the three months to September, the Bank of Japan said on Friday in its latest Tankan quarterly survey.
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Confidence at Japanese companies fell to its lowest level in more than two years, a closely-watched Bank of Japan survey showed Friday, amid rising anxiety about a possible slowdown in the U.S. economy and recent market turmoil.
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Exports from Japan hit their highest level for more than 50 years in September, but rising oil prices and imports could spell trouble ahead.
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Japan raises concerns over Russia's decision to withdraw support for the Sakhalin 2 energy project.
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Japanese Finance Minister Koji Omi gave few fresh clues on Friday on how Tokyo will respond to Europe's concerns over yen weakness at talks among the Group of Seven (G7) industrial powers this weekend.
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Ai Miyazato is everywhere in Japan: on billboards at the airport, magazine covers, TV commercials and daily sports pages. But Miyazato isn't satisfied with just being a superstar in Japan &#151; she wants to be a winner in the U.S.