Japan’s economy always seems to surprise – unfortunately, on the downside – and it has done so once again in the wake of the devastating quake and tsunami that hit the northeast coast on March 11. GDP ...

TOKYO--Revised data confirmed that Japan's economy shrank in the first quarter, solidifying the risk of a technical recession. Real gross domestic product contracted 0.2% on an annualized basis in the ...

Japan's exports in June contracted 0.5% year over year, extending the 1.7% drop seen in May as deliveries continued to decline for the second straight month. The decrease in exports was a reversal of ...

The Bank of Japan is likely to debate next week whether conditions are ripe to resume rate hikes as worries about a ...

You may not lose your sleep over the recession in the UK or Japan, but you could scratch your head. [iStockphoto] The word "recession" is rarely used in Kenya. Instead, the term "bad economy" or ...

Analysts say chains such as Saizeriya, Sushiro and Torikizoku are exporting a recession-tested formula to considerable ...

Japan's economy officially entered into a recession in the third quarter. Japan said that its economy contracted 0.8 percent (on an annualized basis) in the third quarter after declining 0.7 percent ...