Japan's Hard-Core Hobbyists Boost Economy
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They obsessively collect comic books, dress up like their favorite cartoon characters and buy all the latest gadgets.
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Japanâs inflation rose at the fastest pace in more than nine years in November while industrial production and household spending declined.
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Japanese stocks rose on Tuesday on expectations that a Government report later today would provide further evidence of strength in the world&#39;s second-largest economy.
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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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Japanese industrial production expands for the first time in three months, pushing the Nikkei up for the first time in nine days.
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Japan's Nikkei average rose 0.67 percent to its highest close in 7 years on Monday after a strong jobs report in the U.S., and higher-than-expected machinery orders in Japan spurred buying of machinery and tech stocks including Fanuc Ltd. .
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An industrial park offering cheap labor, handy transport links and next door to major Asian markets should be a powerful lure for manufacturers looking for a competitive edge.
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Japanese shares resumed their Christmas rally on Tuesday after the countryâs industrial production rose for the first time in three months, providing some hope that the economy could bounce back after a six-month pause.
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Just the 30th favorite nation to visit, Japan hopes to boost tourism â and the economy.
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Japanâs factory output in December rose more than expected, to a record, fueled by higher overseas demand for automobiles and machinery. Industrial production climbed a seasonally adjusted 0.7 percent, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in Tokyo. In the labor market, Japanâs seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to 4.1 in December, slightly more than the 4.0 percent that was expected. In a sign of an improving employment market, the jobs-to-applicant ratio was 1.08 in December, meaning 108 jobs were available per 100 applicants.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose by late  afternoon on Friday, boosted by a strong machinery orders and  led by gains in real estate firms such as Mitsubishi Estate on  a drop in office vacancy rates.
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Japan&#39;s core private-sector machinery  orders, a key gauge of corporate capital spending, rose 5.9  percent in May from the previous month, government data showed  on Monday.
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Japan&#39;s trade surplus rose by 8.8% in October from a year earlier, to 1.164 trillion yen ($11.32bn; Â£6.02bn). The rise was above market expectations, because of one-off exports of vessels, the Ministry of Finance said.
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KYOTO, Japan -- His fingers muscled from almost a century of weaving, Yasujiro Yamaguchi worked the humming loom in his private workshop. Patiently lacing golden threads through a warp of auburn silk, he fashioned a bolt of kimono fabric blooming with an autumn garden in shades of tea green, ginger, and plum.
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Japanese firms' spending on equipment slows from July to September, raising fears of a dent in economic growth.
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Japan's economy slowed sharply in the third quarter as capital expenditure and exports, the key driver of the recovery so far, faltered badly but there were more hopeful signs on consumer spending, drawing cheers from investors.
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The automaker and other Japanese firms make their shares more appealing to average citizens.