Topic: Shoichi Nakagawa

Retail sales grew at their fastest pace in more than a year as a consumer spending rebound from the March 11 disasters helped the economy tide over...

EDITORIAL: Trade deficit could be a turning point

Japan's trade balance fell into the red for the first time in 31 years in 2011...
Some of the Bank of Japan's policymakers were concerned last month that the economy wouldn't recovery as quickly as expected amid slowing global...
The yen was a star in 2011, but this strategist thinks the party is over. . With a positive balance of payments and low global interest rates, the...

Gillian Tett

Are you feeling stressed right now? As 2012 gets under way, plenty of people would probably say “yes.” But when the American Psychological...
The Yen is poised to extend overnight gains as markets look past the limited implications of the US GDP report to focus on the upcoming EU leaders...
Concerns are rising that Japan's first trade deficit in 31 years will become a fixture as the manufacturing industry hollows out amid the strong...
People can't seem to decide if they're concerned or just confused by the Baltic Dry Index (BDIY), which has plunged 53% since the beginning of the...

Japan has a Trade Deficit

Yesterday was a busy day for me so I am not sure how much attention this got but Japan recorded its first trade deficit since 1980. Japan has...
Markets news on stocks, currencies and commodities; Japan reports first annual trade deficit since 1980; World Economic Forum opens in...