Slower growth for Japan's economy
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Japan's rate of economic expansion is revised downwards for the three months to June amid falling government investment.
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Japanâs machinery orders fell in December, signaling that economic growth may slow this year as companies scale back spending on factories and equipment. Non-government machinery orders, excluding shipping and utilities, declined a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent from November, the Cabinet Office said.
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Japan's unemployment rate unexpectedly falls to a nine-year low, making a rise in interest rates more likely.
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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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Japan&#39;s government has downgraded its view on the economy in a November report, saying the pace of recovery is slowing. This is the first such downward revision since June 2003.
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Tokyo stocks opened lower Friday after the Japanese government said the economy grew more slowly than initially estimated in the April-June quarter. The dollar was up against the Japanese yen.
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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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Japan's unemployment rate fell to a six-year low in November and industrial production picked up, offering evidence that the nation's recovery is continuing.
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The Bank of Japan, which last month  raised interest rates for the first time in six years, is  expected to keep its powder dry this week as it confirms that  economic growth is slowing and with inflation yet to  materialize.
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Japan&#39;s economy grew 0.3 percent in real terms in the April-June period from the previous quarter, the government said Friday, marking a surprise downward revision from the initially reported expansion of 0.4 percent.
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Japan's economy has grown more slowly than predicted, figures show, raising question marks over its recovery.
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TOKYO : Japanese industrial output rose only 0.3 percent in August, suggesting after a series of recent weak data that the recovery in the world&#39;s second-largest economy is slowing, economists said on Thursday.
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Japan's GDP fell by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2004, taking the country into recession.
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Japan&#39;s economy grew 0.3 percent in April-June from the previous quarter, less than the 0.4 percent growth rate initially estimated, the government said Friday.
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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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Figures show a fall in Japan's trade surplus, casting a shadow over the country's export-led recovery.
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Slow growth in Japanese bank adds to concerns the world's second-biggest economy may head into a recession.