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Japan dodges recession

For the financial year through March, nominal GDP rose 2.2 per cent, the largest gain in data in nearly two decades through 1997

Japan to adopt new passport designs

Passports will feature 24 landscapes of Mount Fuji by late 19th century woodblock artist Hokusai.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to delay tax hike over economy fears: Report

The last such rise, in April 2014 - the nation's first in 17 years - was blamed for pushing Japan into recession

Japan lenders seen flagging gloomy year as negative rates depress loan income

Bank of Japan (BOJ) action has increasingly forced lenders to charge less for loans and yet has failed to stimulate demand, so its decision last week not to expand its negative benchmark interest rate policy offers respite for the year ahead

Japan announces $7 billion plan to develop Mekong region

Japan's foreign minister Fumio Kishida's visit to Thailand is part of his regional tour that includes stops in China, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam

Japan stimulus inaction sends yen soaring

The yen surged almost three per cent against the dollar, the euro and sterling

Japan successfully flies first stealth fighter jet

The domestically developed X-2 jet took off from Nagoya airport in central Japan on its maiden test flight

Disruptions from twin quakes in southern Japan hit economy

Supply chain disruptions will hurt output by various manufacturers, including Toyota

11 missing in Japan quakes; US to join relief effort

With 180,000 people seeking shelter, some evacuees said that food distribution was a meagre two rice balls for dinner

Rescuers race against landslides to reach Japan quake victims

Tens of thousands of people spent the night in temporary accommodation, or huddled in makeshift shelters

Quake makes Japanese firms shut down plants; fuels economic fears

The latest quake comes as the economy struggles to get on track, with the government's growth drive stumbling and growth still tepid

Japan prepares for release of tritium from Fukushima plant

Calls to simply release the water into the Pacific Ocean are alarming many in Japan and elsewhere

Japan starts home delivery service trials using drones

The drones ferried merchandise, including bottles of wine and milk cartons between several points in the city of Chiba.

Death by overwork on rise among Japan's vulnerable workers

Claims for compensation rose to a record high of 1,456 in the year to end-March 2015 with cases concentrated in healthcare, social services, shipping and construction

New opposition party launched in Japan ahead of election

Japan's two opposition parties have merged to put pressure on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's conservative ruling party

Japan's new security laws to take effect

It will allow Tokyo to exercise the right to collective self-defence.

Bank of Japan scrambles to find positives in negative rates

Shinzo Abe has announced to set up a panel to consider fresh budget spending

Japan fourth-quarter GDP shrinks less than expected, consumption stays weak

The weak economic backdrop will keep the Bank of Japan under pressure to further expand monetary stimulus

Japan to supply Philippines with military equipment

Last year, Japan's parliament approved a contentious legislation that enhances the role of the country's military

Japan census: Population fell nearly 1 million in 2010-15

For Japan, the demographic crunch is one of the biggest challenges to its postwar economic model