Japanese Fret That Quality Is in Decline
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A recent surge in product recalls has many fearing that Japan may be losing its edge to South Korea and China.
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A majority of Japanese want their government to get tougher with China and North Korea as support for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has dipped, an opinion poll showed.
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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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Japan downgraded its economic assessment for the first time in more than a year on Tuesday, noting slower export growth and curbed production, but said the recovery is continuing.
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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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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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Japan is losing its appeal among international investors, the head of the Tokyo Stock Exchange warned Friday following a dire 2007 for Asia's largest stock market.
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TOKYO: Japan&#39;s key Tankan survey showed business confidence at large manufacturers fell in December for the first time since March 2003, indicating the economic recovery has peaked out, economists said.
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Business sentiment among big Japanese  manufacturers has sunk to a two-year low, a Bank of Japan  survey showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that any rise  in interest rates will be delayed to late next year.
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Japan's economy shrank 0.1 percent during the quarter ended Dec. 31, the government said Wednesday, as numbers were revised to show three straight quarters of contraction.
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Business sentiment among big Japanese manufacturers has sunk to a two-year low, a Bank of Japan survey showed on Friday, reinforcing expectations that any rise in interest rates will be delayed to late next year.
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Competition makes for a dreary outlook for the company.
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Business confidence among Japanese manufacturers has weakened for the first time since March 2003, the quarterly Tankan survey has found.
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Japanâs Nikkei index has lost a third of its value since July, and the Tokyo Stock Exchange has lost $1.3 trillion in value â equivalent to the entire economy of Canada.
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Japan's recovery has been trundling along for more than five years, by some measures making it the longest, if not exactly most spectacular, period of continuous expansion since the war. But if you look at surveys asking ordinary Japanese people how they feel about their own circumstances, you would never guess it.
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The reading skills of Japanese 15-year-olds have plummeted over the past few years, leaving Japan lagging behind 13 other countries, a survey by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has shown.
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Japanese stocks tumbled Thursday on pessimism about a key central bank survey to be released Friday that investors expect will show deteriorating confidence among business executives.