Fresh worries on Japanese economy
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Machinery orders by Japanese firms fall in 2007, adding to fears about the health of the economy.
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Share prices in Tokyo and Hong Kong fall more than 2% as  anxiety continues over world economic prospects.
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Japan issued mixed economic data Tuesday in government figures for jobs, spending and sales in December, and officials responded cautiously amid other signs economic growth is slowing.
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TOKYO, Feb. 16 -- Japan's gross domestic product unexpectedly shrank in the three months ended Dec. 31, and revised figures also showed a contraction in the previous period, throwing the economy into its fourth recession since 1991.
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Japanese industrial production fails to expand for a second month in a row, official figures show.
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The yen remained under strong pressure on  Tuesday after oil prices hit record highs, raising concern  about the impact on Japan's import-dependent economy.
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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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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.
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Japan's PM Yasuo Fukuda tells the BBC how problems in the world's financial markets are worrying him.
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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Economic forecasters beware: Japanese women are cutting their hair again.
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Japanese financial officials tried to play down worries Friday that a planned revision in calculating growth may show the economy shrank instead of grew slightly in the quarter ended Sept. 30.
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Credit rating company Standard &amp; Poor's warned Wednesday that the government of new Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may struggle to implement the fiscal reforms needed to sustain the vibrant economic recovery in Japan.
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Japan's new prime minister names his economic team but is urged to outline plans to maintain Japan's growth.
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Japanese stocks were hit badly on Friday by fears of rising global interest rates following sharp overnight increases in US and European bond yields.
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New reports showed rising prices of imported goods, struggling manufacturing and an erosion in consumer confidence.
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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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Confidence among Japanâs big manufacturers deteriorated for the first time in seven quarters, although their capital spending plans were revised higher, the Bank of Japanâs âtankanâ survey for December showed on Wednesday.