Japan's business confidence falls
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Optimism among Japanese firms sinks to its lowest level in two years, the Bank of Japan's Tankan survey says.
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Japan's economy is slowing due to weakness in housing investment and cautious corporate sentiment, the central bank chief said Thursday, hours after the bank left its benchmark interest rate at 0.5 percent.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average turned lower by  late morning on Wednesday as concern over surging oil prices  and their possible impact on the global economy hit exporters  such as Toyota Motor Corp.
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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'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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Japanese stocks edged lower by midday on Monday with confidence in the domestic economic outlook failing to offset profit-taking that hit recent gainers such as insurers and telecom stocks including KDDI Corp.
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Japan's main share index falls sharply, hit by fears about the state of both the Japanese and US economies.
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Tokyo's Nikkei stock average ended down almost one percent on Thursday after surprisingly weak machinery orders data jolted investor confidence in Japan's economic outlook and triggered selling across the board.
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Industrial output in Japan shows a surprise drop of 0.7% in July, as export growth slows, the government says.
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe falls to its lowest level yet, a new poll shows.
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Business confidence at Japan&#39;s large manufacturers in the October-December quarter worsened for the first time in 21 months, and the outlook for next quarter is even dimmer, according to the
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Japan's industrial production falls and unemployment rises, providing more evidence of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average closed down 0.17  percent on Tuesday as growing worries over the domestic  economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting gains in  shipping firms and others with bright earnings prospects.
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German business confidence dropped in August, reflecting concerns about economic recovery in the country, a survey made by a leading economic institute showed Thursday.
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Japan's economy grows just 0.1% in the third quarter, hit by faltering exports and a slowdown in corporate investment.
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Japan's Nikkei ended down half a percent  on Friday as caution set in ahead of U.S. jobs data and banks  and drug firms succumbed to profit-taking.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average dipped 0.2 percent  by mid-afternoon on Tuesday as growing worries over the  domestic economic outlook hit banks and insurers, offsetting  gains in shipping firms and other companies with bright  earnings prospects.