Confidence among Japan’s large manufacturers rose to the highest level in four years, reinforcing market expectations for the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this week.

Japan's university system has long centred on engineering faculties led by manufacturing, resulting in a relative shortage of ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industrial output likely slipped in August, weighed down by weak demand from overseas and local factory suspensions due to a typhoon, factors that could dent momentum in an ...

TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Japan's manufacturing activity shrank for the fifth consecutive month in November, weighed by sluggish demand, though the outlook improved slightly, a private-sector survey ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese factory output rose at a slower-than-expected pace in May, government data showed on Monday, as sweeping U.S. tariffs were threatening to derail the country's already fragile ...

Industrial production in Japan rose by 0.2% month-over-month in September 2023, missing market forecasts of 2.5% while shifting from the final 0.7% fall in the previous month, a preliminary figure ...

The au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing PMI fell to 49.4 in July 2023 from a final 49.8 in May, a flash figure showed. It was the lowest reading since March, also marking the sixth time of contraction ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's factory output grew the most in October since 2015, rebounding from a fall in the prior month caused by natural disasters, though manufacturers face a tough road ahead in the ...