Japan recovery running out of steam
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The Japanese economy is close to stagnation, according to revisions to official figures yesterday that cut the estimate of GDP growth to just 0.1 per cent.
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The unprecedented crisis in Asia has left governments struggling to catch up with public opinion, says Paul Reynolds
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Japanese consumer spending dips and unemployment rises, so interest rates are now no longer expected to rise soon.
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Japan's economic recovery is on track as structural reforms take root but soaring global oil prices pose a question mark, the central bank chief says.
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New figures show Japan's economy is barely staying out of recession with annual growth of just 0.2% in the third quarter.
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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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JapanÂs economy grew at a slower pace than previously reported in the most recent quarter, a sign that a long expansion may be losing steam.
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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's economy grew at a worse-than-expected annual pace of 0.3 percent in the third quarter as exports and capital expenditures weakened.
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Japanese industrial output rose only 0.3 percent in August, suggesting after a series of recent weak data that the recovery in the world's second-largest economy is slowing, economists said.
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Japan's central bank offered a bleaker assessment of the economy for the first time in more than a year and a half on Friday, citing weakening industrial production and slowing export growth as a cause foir concern.
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Japanese industrial production fails to expand for a second month in a row, official figures show.
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Confidence in business conditions at major Japanese companies fell from three months ago dampening expectations of an interest rate increase and clouding the outlook for the worldâs No. 2 economy.
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Japanese shares reversed opening gains to  fall 0.69 percent by midsession on Wednesday after early buying  of exporters, inspired by a rise on Wall Street after an  increase in U.S. interest rates, ran out of steam.
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Tokyo stocks closed down on Tuesday, with  a two-day rally running out of steam as investors locked in  profits in a wide range of stocks ahead of a batch of earnings  reports from leading U.S. firms.
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A nuclear plant hit by an earthquake may not be allowed to reopen for more than a year, Japanese reports say.
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Japan's GDP fell by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2004, taking the country into recession.