Japan recession fears on the rise
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Slow growth in Japanese bank adds to concerns the world's second-biggest economy may head into a recession.
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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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Japanese companies were less upbeat in December than they were three months ago, amid recent data indicating that the world's second-largest economy may be losing steam, a key government survey showed Wednesday.
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TOKYO -- As the United States frets noisily about a recession, Japan is quietly enduring a far more fundamental economic slide, one that seems irreversible.
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The Bank of Japan raised its main  interest rate on Wednesday by a quarter percentage point to  0.50 percent, the highest in more than a decade, but the yen  retreated as the central bank signaled caution on further  increases.
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The Nikkei average rose one percent in  early Friday trade after Japanese GDP data, although weak,  confounded some players' fears of a contraction and drew buyers  back to brokers and tech shares.
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Japan's top economic minister Heizo Takenaka said Japan's growth slowdown in the June quarter was temporary, but expressed worry that high oil prices would severely hurt Asian economies.
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The Nikkei average rose 0.33 percent by midday on Tuesday, poised to hit a five-month closing high after economic data supporting the view that Japan&#39;s economic slowdown is temporary bolstered banks and brokers.
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The Japanese electronics makers remained cautious about the months ahead, citing worries about global growth. Japanese corporate profits are almost certain to be hurt by any economic slowdown in Japan and in the United States.
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Japanâs inflation rose at the fastest pace in more than nine years in November while industrial production and household spending declined.
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As talk of an American recession has helped batter global financial markets, economic policy makers in Japan have largely sat on the sidelines.
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Japanese stocks fell from multi-year highs on Tuesday amid concern over a potential BOJ interest rate increase, while the euro hit six-week highs against the dollar on expectations the Federal Reserve may cut rates.
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The chances of an economic recession  are increasing as troubles in the housing sector and credit  markets take their toll, according to a survey of economists  released on Monday.
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Gross domestic product in Japan rose at a higher-than-expected annual rate of 4.8 percent in the fourth quarter, but economists called it a one-time surge.
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Fears about the possibility of a recession in the US economy send Asian shares falling.
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ESSEN, Germany  - The G7 industrial powers, under pressure to address a decline of the yen, warned investors on Saturday that they could get burned betting in one direction when Japan's economy was continuing to strengthen.
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Business & money: Asian markets took a battering overnight on growing fears that the US, the world's biggest economy, may be heading for recession.