Japan's economy again outshines U.S., euro zone
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Japan's economy outperformed both the United States and the euro zone in January-March for the second straight quarter, reinforcing expectations the Bank of Japan will raise rates in August.
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Japan&#39;s Nikkei 225 Stock Average rose on expectations a government report today may provide further evidence of growth in the world&#39;s second-largest economy.
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China overtook the United States as Japan's largest trading partner last year, the latest sign of Beijing's rising economic clout and the role that the booming Chinese market plays in boosting the global economy.
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Japan's economic growth rate was revised upward to an annual pace of 1.0 percent for the April-June quarter, as the world's second-largest economy expanded for a sixth straight quarter on the back of healthy private consumption, the Cabinet Office said Monday.
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The dollar moved higher on Wednesday as  the euro was hurt by a downbeat outlook for European growth and  the Japanese yen edged lower after another earthquake in  northern Japan.
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Japan's industrial output hits a record level, as the world's second-largest economy continues to recover.
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The euro scaled an all-time high against the yen on Thursday, with the market betting on further euro strength against other major currencies on deep-rooted worries about the U.S. trade and budget deficits.
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Japan revised its economic growth numbers for the April-June quarter downward Friday, but analysts shrugged off the report and said recovery was on solid footing for the world's second largest economy.
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Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi told President Bush at a bilateral meeting in Chile on Saturday that a strong U.S. dollar is important for the global economy.
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The euro hit a new record high of 1.3074 dollars, even as eurozone officials called for the United States, Europe and Japan to take a common position against the currency's rise.
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Japan grew at an annual pace of 3.3% in the first quarter of 2007, figures show, higher than previous estimates.
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Japan's trade surplus hits a 24-year high as exports to Asia and Europe offset a fall in sales to the US.
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Tokyo stocks finished higher Monday after Wall Street's strength Friday, as well as the release of a better-than-expected Japanese economic data. The U.S. dollar was down against the Japanese yen and the euro.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve indicated the U.S. economy was growing moderately, boosting exporters such as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.
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Japan's debt rose 3.7 percent to a new record of 729.228 trillion yen (&#36;6.59 trillion) as of June 30 compared with a year ago, the government said Friday.
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Japan's economy will likely expand 1.6 percent in the fiscal year starting in April, slower than the expected pace for the current fiscal year because of dwindling capital expenditures and housing investment, the government said Monday.
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Tokyo stocks finished higher Tuesday, defying less-than-optimistic government data about the state of the nation's economy amid conviction that its recovery will continue. The dollar was lower against the Japanese yen but higher against the euro.