Japan Less Rosy on Economy
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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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Japan's economy has grown more slowly than predicted, figures show, raising question marks over its recovery.
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The Japanese government left its view unchanged that the domestic economy is recovering, but warned that a high yen could hurt export-led growth.
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The head of Japan's central bank acknowledged Monday that the pace of economic recovery here may be slowing, but said the downturn is only temporary.
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Japanese stocks edged lower by  mid-morning on Thursday as concerns over domestic earnings and  the impact on global economies of higher oil prices  overshadowed bargain hunting following the market's recent  sharp losses.
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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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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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The U.S. economy is slowing but the  outlook is benign, while Japan is poised for its longest  post-war growth spell, OECD chief Angel Gurria said on  Thursday.
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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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Japan's GDP fell by 0.1% in the last quarter of 2004, taking the country into recession.
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TOKYO, Japan -- Confidence among Japan&#39;s big manufacturers has slipped slightly in recent months, according to the Bank of Japan&#39;s closely watched &quot;tankan&quot; survey.
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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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Stocks in Asia resumed their decline on Monday, led by banks like Japan's Mizuho, while the dollar hovered near a 3-year low against the yen after a proposed U.S. stimulus package did little to soothe fears the world's top economy will tip into a recession.
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Tokyo's Nikkei share average closed  slightly lower on Friday, as lingering disappointment over  recent statistics showing weakness in the economy weighed on  issues such as broker Nomura Holdings
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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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Japanese stocks were flat in mid-morning  trade on Monday with confidence in the domestic economic  outlook failing to offset profit-taking that hit recent gainers  such as insurers and real estate stocks.
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Japan's industrial production falls in October while unemployment rises, providing more evidence of a slowdown in the world's second largest economy.